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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

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Below is a comparison of the number of Hybrid EV, Battery EV and PlugIn Hybrid EV model variants available in both New Zealand and the UK, as at 31 August 2021: HEV BEV PHEV TOTAL. The UK will end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. United Kingdom 36 49 74 159. New Zealand 36 28 28 92.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. Does it make good business sense, and how does it affect the environment?"

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