EV progress expected

Increasing zero-emission vehicle uptake, introducing “clean car” standards, and decarbonising public transport and the public sector are among agreed areas of cooperation between the incoming Labour government and the Greens.

That’s part of the deal in achieving the purpose and goals of the Zero Carbon Act, recently outlined by the Green Party in its cooperation agreement by not opposing votes on matters of confidence and supply for the full term of this Parliament.

James Shaw will be reappointed climate change minister and becomes associate minister for the environment (biodiversity) in two Green Party ministerial positions outside of Cabinet.

Marama Davidson will be appointed minister for the prevention of family and sexual violence and associate minister of housing (homelessness).

EVs and Beyond earlier outlined calls for the incoming government to step up the pace on e-mobility

, particularly now that the Winston Peters led NZ First is no longer a “handbrake”.

The Green Party’s aspirations include enabling a just transition to a zero-carbon economy.