
City to plug into car charging?
By David Beck. Dunedin residents may be able to plug in their cars and charge them just as easily as they would a mobile phone
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By David Beck. Dunedin residents may be able to plug in their cars and charge them just as easily as they would a mobile phone
By Kate Barker. ABB is seeing local interest grow in its electric vehicle fast-charging technology. The firm recently partnered with Vector and WEL Networks to

By James Vincent Wireless charging could be a big deal for electric vehicles, allowing drivers to top up their car’s batteries just by parking in

By Barry Ritholtz. Tesla has rocked the world of high-performance automobiles with the introduction of its new “Ludicrous mode.” The internal-combustion engine business may

By Fred O’Connor. Apple has hired an automotive industry veteran, increasing speculation that the company is working on an electric car. Earlier this month, former Fiat

By Stephen Edelstein. Today, we have a report that Porsche will unveil an electric concept car at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, the first official photo

By Cecily Liu. Chinese automotive manufacturer BYD has designed and built the world’s first pure electric zero-emission double-decker bus, which will enter service in London

Take a good look at what will be a more common sight in the next year – Aucklanders charging electric vehicles at 35 Vector charging

By Maria Slade. Auckland Council is moving to electric cars to help save on its vehicle bills and go easier on the environment. The council
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 10:31 am Press Release: Otago University Outlook positive for electric vehicle uptake in New Zealand – Otago research New research out

Via: Nelson Live Network Tasman has set up charging stations for it’s new Nissan Leaf electric car and hybrid Mitsubishi Outlander. They are hoping to
Introducing the premium event for the transport fuels sector and fleet managers. The New Zealand Transport Fuels & Fleet Management Summit will be held on

What a charged start to the year Drive Electric has had! Read the stakeholder update here.

A new technology can allow electric vehicle (EV) drivers to charge their cars from street lights, researchers say. The innovative Light and Charge system by

By Nicolette Emmino. When an electric vehicle’s battery has seen it’s last day on the road, what happens to it? If you think General Motors

Volvo Cars New Zealand is very excited to be bringing its first plug-in hybrid into the New Zealand market in December 2015: the all-new XC90
As a result of some solid strategic focus on the future of EVs in New Zealand and the future for Drive Electric, we have progressed

We warmly welcome many new members this quarter. Firstly, on the corporate side, Orion Group, the electricity distributor (lines company) servicing the network in central

This was the headline we saw repeatedly after the event and we were certainly thrilled with the event and the feedback from attendees – all

By Bozi Tatarevic. Google isn’t the only tech giant in the autonomous car game any longer as Chinese search engine giant Baidu is hoping to

By James Ayre. Electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the UK between January and May of 2015 are already roughly equal to total EV registrations in

By Ben Coxworth. Tesla recently did it to much acclaim, and now Daimler is doing it too – the German automotive corporation is launching its

By Henry Hewitt. What would the world look like if electric cars took the lead in market share by 2030? “Couldn’t happen,” you say? Consider

By Ellen Read. The number of businesses using electric vehicles (EVs) for their company fleet will increase if Transport Minister Simon Bridges has his way.
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