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Waste Management NZ welcomes Volvo e-truck fleet
Volvo Trucks New Zealand is celebrating the delivery of seven battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to Waste Management New Zealand (WMNZ). This includes WMNZ’s first OEM electric box body…
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E-CARS
New Porsche Taycan models in dealerships from early next year
The next Taycan GTS sports sedan and a new Taycan 4 are available to order for $294,900 and $222,900 respectively, Porsche expecting them in dealerships from early 2025.…
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Micromobility America conference November 14 and 15
About 50 speakers and hundreds of attendees are expected at the Micromobility America conference in Southern California on November 14 and 15, 2024. Speakers include Horace Dediu, who…
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Bidirectional EVs will become grid assets, says IDTechEx
Integration of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology offers transformative potential for both the energy grid and EV owners. So says IDTechEx, adding V2G enables bi-directional energy transfer, allowing EVs to…
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IT BEAT US THE PHEV PROVING ITS RANGE CREDENTIALS
I’ll admit from the outset: my knowledge of Timaru was limited. Beyond the irreverent Deja Voodoo track “Today, Tomorrow, Timaru” and knowing there’s a beach called Caroline Bay,…
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$40m solar farm construction starts
Site works have started on a $40 million 21MW solar array on farmland near Maungaturoto in Northland. It’s called Papareireia which refers to the rays of the sun…
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Energy leaders discuss issues December 4
Developing solutions to structural problems facing the energy sector is the focus of a December 4 forum in Auckland. Energy sector leaders from the Upper North Island meet…
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Big future for eLCVs
More than 11 million electric light commercial vehicles (eLCVs) will be sold annually by 2045. So says IDTechEx in its report Electric Light Commercial Vehicles 2025-2045: Markets, Players,…
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Stellantis and Novonix battery graphite deal
Up to 115,000 tonnes of synthetic graphite material from 2026-2031 will be supplied to Stellantis’ cell manufacturing partners in North America under an agreement with Brisbane-headquartered battery materials…
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New VW ID.Buzz here early next year
Volkswagen celebrates the rebirth of the Kombi with the introduction of the new electric ID.Buzz available in New Zealand in early 2025. “The ID.Buzz is an electric vehicle…