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Vehicle-to-home tech trial
A cutting-edge trial into the broader customer benefits of electric vehicle (EV) technology will be held at Piha in Auckland. Auckland electricity lines company Vector has been approved…
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Record investment in low emissions vehicles
Low emission transport will receive a more than $11 million record boost, energy and resources minister Megan Woods says. “Today I’m announcing the largest round of new funding…
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Platooning has “no business case”, Daimler says
Daimler Trucks is ditching platooning technology after poor cost benefit results and ramping up autonomous developments instead. Platooning was aimed at improving aerodynamics to save fuel through the…
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Government drive needed on EV incentives
Electric vehicle advocacy group Drive Electric wants the Government to more clearly signal its EV intentions. There’s little hope of reaching the goal of 64,000 EVs by 2021…
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Video: PACCAR showcases electric trucks
PACCAR has exhibited three zero emission electric trucks at the recent CES 2019 show in Las Vegas, Nevada. A battery-electric Peterbilt Model 579EV, a battery-electric Peterbilt Model 220EV…
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More Tesla job cuts expected
Tesla is set to cut 7% of its workers while aiming to produce cheaper EVs, batteries and solar products. Its chief executive Elon Musk is keen to make…
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Audi e-tron from $148,500
buy lasix online lasix online generic Audi’s electric e-tron SUV arrives in New Zealand dealerships mid-2019 priced from $148,500. Two models will be available – the e-tron 55…
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Kiwi electric campervan in MOTAT display
An electric campervan developed by Kiwi car and campervan hire company Jucy features in the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) exhibition Accelerate: Driving New Zealand. buy albenza…
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Lime investigates car expansion
Electric scooter provider Lime could soon be moving into the short-term car rental business. However, initially they would be offering petrol-powered two seat Fiat 500s, rather than electric…
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Fast charging without battery loss claim
A new company reckons it has found a faster way of charging EV batteries to add more than 190km range in five minutes without impacting on the battery.…