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EVs are exempt from fuel related levies and taxes, so how will they pay for road infrastructure?
Road user charges will probably kick in once there’s enough EVs around. We talk to the experts about how it might all work. In the meantime, EV owners can make the most of the incentives, including avoiding the need to pay any proposed Auckland region fuel tax.
Continuing the fuel tax theme, 12-year-old Daniel West has a few thoughts on the subject and how it will help EVs and Auckland traffic. His school project features in The Better NZ Trust’s column.
Coventry Cars opens Wellington’s first dedicated EV and hybrid yard on December 1. Check out their plans. And in the same city the Wellington Electric Car Centre aims to be a car yard with a difference.
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how does it affect the automotive industry?
Callaghan Innovation’s expert predicts a big impact, especially around driverless vehicles.
Just how quickly autonomous vehicle technology is progressing is revealed in The Road to a Driverless Future, a Drive Electric white paper. The next one will study how prepared New Zealand is for this technology.
Meanwhile, Gisborne’s Electric Village is now open, offering information around EVs and a charging station.
Nissan Leaf driver Greg Kent is Uber happy with his job. He’s putting the savings he makes from not using a fossil fuel car towards a wedding and perhaps an Auckland home.
Check out our Micro EVs section on e-bikes, like those for Watt’s on the go.
Children with mobility issues are learning to get around in mini-electrics.
And rounding off our Disruption: New Zealand’s Transport Future series is a look at some issues around radio frequencies in connected cars.
Read what happened in the past month in our diary section, the latest sales figures, power deals and new and used EVs available in New Zealand.
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