Electric Vehicles the Way of the Future
The following article was published in the June issue of AutoTalk. Click here to view the full publication. A friend recently recounted the story of his family who lived on a remote farm in Northland in the early part of the last century. Back then the children took turns flicking on the light switch each evening, […]
EV Charging Infrastructure Research Outlines Issues
New research from Drive Electric shows the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure has reached a pivotal point in New Zealand. The not-for-profit organisation’s white paper Charging Ahead: New Zealand’s EV Charging Infrastructure outlines current successes, challenges ahead, and where New Zealand sits on the international stage. Drive Electric board member Eric Pellicer says […]
Experience Helps Drive Electric Promote EVs
Experience helps Drive Electric promote EVs Electric vehicle champions Drive Electric has expanded its board to help promote the uptake of the technology. The not-for-profit organisation which is open to new members has increased the size of its board from eight to 12, increasing the expertise it has access to in the process. “You can’t […]
Mercury launches Electric Highway with global leader PlugShare
Thirty of New Zealand’s largest companies are committing to at least 30 per cent of their corporate fleets being electric vehicles by 2019. The initiative represents some 1,450 vehicles – a 75 per cent increase in the total number of EVs on New Zealand roads today.
NZ major corporates commit to electric vehicle fleet expansion
Thirty of New Zealand’s largest companies are committing to at least 30 per cent of their corporate fleets being electric vehicles by 2019. The initiative represents some 1,450 vehicles – a 75 per cent increase in the total number of EVs on New Zealand roads today.
International Drive Electric Week
Started in the United States in 2011 by Plug-In America as National Plug-In Day, the simple idea was to hold simultaneous events across the country on the same day. By popular demand it was expanded to an entire week (two weekends) of events and the name changed to emphasise the thing we want people to […]
Many More Plugin Vehicle Models About to Reach New Zealand
David Crawford, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association says ‘the Motor Industry Association has completed a survey of manufacturer’s plans to import and distribute new models of electric vehicles (EV’s) and plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV’s) between now and the end of the 2020. The good news is between now and the end […]
Govt driving the switch to electric vehicles
Transport Minister Simon Bridges today announced an ambitious and wide ranging package of measures to increase the uptake of electric vehicles in New Zealand. “It’s clear that electric vehicles are the future. A move from petrol and diesel to low emission transport is a natural evolution, and it is our aim to encourage that switch […]
Christina Bu, Secretary General of the Norwegian EV Association visits NZ
Christina’s visit in late March was highly successful. Our thanks to Business NZ for inviting Christina to attend the Asia Pacific Energy Leaders Summit, which enabled us to also have access to Christina following this event. Christina generated a huge amount of media coverage during her NZ visit and created a lot of discussion around EV’s – here are […]