Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Drive Electric analysis done in March showed the reduction in emissions of vehicles imported since the policy came into effect will save more than 2m tonnes of emissions over the lives of those vehicles, and $100m a year in petrol and diesel. There’s more to do. This discount won’t be needed forever – perhaps only another few years.

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Drive Electric

MAY 15, 2022

Drive Electric Chair Mark Gilbert says, “If you watch the global automotive market – we’ve been seeing for some time that EV technology will replace petrol and diesel cars. A vehicle scrappage scheme. In April, 39% of all vehicles sold were an EV, PHEV or a hybrid. This may happen faster than you might think.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Scrappage schemes. More Teslas were sold than Toyota Hiluxes. 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.

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