New Zealand EV sales plunge 95 per cent in virus lock-down
New Zealand electric vehicles sales have plunged dramatically as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic lock-down.
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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.
Game is up for Big Oil: EVs are cheaper to run, even when crude is free
Crude oil is not always going to be trading at zero price, but oil markets have illustrated that when their product is free, it still can’t compete with electric transport.
The clean air of today is possible tomorrow – if we want it to be
If you can see the horizon clearly for the first time, you’re not hallucinating: that’s what a reduction in air pollution unveils. And you aren’t the first person to notice it.
Life-cycle emissions of electric cars are fraction of fossil-fuelled vehicles
New analysis of EVs shows advantage over petrol and diesel cars over life-cycle - even an EV driven in coal-dependent Poland and made in emissions-intense China.
Improved air quality has more people thinking about buying EVs
Increased awareness around the impacts of fossil fuels on air quality has people thinking more about electric vehicles, UK study finds.
Tesla leaps ahead as Big Auto’s EV transition plans hit by Covid-19 pandemic
Tesla shares surge as analysts seize importance of market lead while Covid-19 pandemic bites into the cash reserves and priotities of Big Auto.
NSW government examines new transport levies as EV market expands
NSW considering changes to transport levies as EV uptake expands, and is looking to models in New Zealand and Norway.
“Profit before planet”: US car giants snub EVs for easy-to-sell fossil-fuelled SUVs
Future production plans of American auto giants Ford and GM reveal 15 times more SUVs and utility trucks planned than electric vehicles.
NSW regional council flicks switch on new EV charging strategy
Lake Macquarie Council adopts new Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy to provide a framework to install EV charging stations across the council.
New research puts myth to bed: EVs will lower emissions
New research from Radboud University in the Netherlands confirms that switching to EVs will reduce emissions in virtually every part of the world.