The New Zealand Transport Fuels & Fleet Management Summit
Introducing the premium event for the transport fuels sector and fleet managers. The New Zealand Transport Fuels & Fleet Management Summit will be held on 21-22 October, at the Pullman Hotel, Auckland. The summit will bring together key stakeholders to discuss important issues and opportunities relevant to both the transport fuels sector, policy makers, researchers […]
Soon, street lights that charge electric cars
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 the BMW Group is being demonstrated in OxfordBSE 4.71 %, UK, and combines energy-efficient lighting with affordable EV charging. By building charging points into street lights, it would be possible […]
GM is powering its new data center with old Chevrolet Volt batteries
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 just throws them out, think again. Turns out GM actually re-purposes them and uses them to power one of its data centers. In an effort to reduce energy costs, the […]
Volvo entering the NZ EV market
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 T8 Twin Engine. With a pure electric range of 43kms (above the average New Zealand daily commuter range) and an impressive fuel consumption of just 2.1 l/100 km together with […]
Exciting Strategic Changes for Drive Electric
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 two important initiatives. Firstly, the Board, working closely with Rob McEwen (the Executive Director of EVolocity), are pleased to announce that EVolocity has now been 100% acquired by Rob McEwen. […]
Welcome to new Drive Electric Members
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 Canterbury, and Mainpower, the lines company servicing the North Canterbury & Kaikoura regions. We have also had Delta Join Drive Electric just last week! Delta operates the Dunedin and Central […]
Drive Electric Plug-In Fleet Day a great success
This was the headline we saw repeatedly after the event and we were certainly thrilled with the event and the feedback from attendees – all 151 of you. A huge thank you to our sponsors for this event also. It was truly a team effort and the best part of the day was hearing feedback […]
Chinese Rival To Google Working With BMW On Autonomous Car, Prototype To Launch This Year
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 start testing of a self-driving car this year together with BMW. Baidu signed a partnership agreement with the German automaker in 2014 to develop autonomous car technology and now it […]
UK Electric Car Sales Skyrocketing
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 2014, based on the most recent figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Apparently, there have already been 11,842 ultra-low-emission vehicles (ULEVs) registered in the UK this […]