Nathan Owen is jailed for four years and three months after staging a fake Jaguar I-Pace brake failure and 38-mile police chase, a hoax that cost Jaguar Land Rover an estimated NZ$115 million.
proposed Canterbury solar farm has become the first solar project to receive approval under the Government's Fast-track Approvals Act, paving the way for a 370GWh renewable energy development.
New Zealand risks falling behind countries such as Nepal, Ethiopia, Thailand and Denmark in the transition to electric vehicles unless it adopts a clear long-term strategy for transport electrification, according to EV charging technology company Thundergrid.
GAC confirms a 44kWh short-range Aion UT for Australia with 320km of range, and GAC NZ tells EVs and Beyond a local launch is not ruled out, potentially fixing the UT's price problem.
The world's largest battery-electric ship, Incat's 40MWh Hull 096, has left Tasmania aboard the heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin for a 40-day voyage to its Buenos Aires ferry route.
The Smart #2 breaks cover in Chinese regulatory filings: a 60kW, 35.7kWh electric Fortwo successor with 300km of range, debuting at the Paris Motor Show before 2027 deliveries.
BYD and Sinopec have converted a Shanghai petrol station into a 12-stall flash charging hub, removing the fuel tanks to fit buffer batteries that keep grid demand to around 100kW.
Contact Energy and CDC Data Centres will seek consent for a 250MW data centre at Stratford on the retired TCC gas plant site, powered by new renewables and backed by battery storage.
Woolworths NZ opens a 15-bay fast-charging hub at its Penrose eStore as its electric delivery fleet grows from three trucks to 27, targeting a fully electric last-mile fleet.
Mitsubishi confirms the four-model ASX VR-e electric SUV for New Zealand in late 2026, its first BEV here since the i-MiEV, developed with Pininfarina and Foxconn's Foxtron.
