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Riz Akhtar
Riz Akhtar

Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.

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BYD thanks “brave” early EV adopters after celebrating first year in NZ

  • August 1, 2023
  • Riz Akhtar
BYD Birthday NZ
BYD celebrates key milestone in New Zealand after delivering thousands of electric vehicles in the last year.
BYD Atto 3 lands in NZ
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Hundreds of BYD Atto 3 EVs to land in New Zealand, as Australian customers told to wait

  • July 12, 2022
  • Riz Akhtar
Hundreds of right-hand drive BYD EVs to land in New Zealand, after Australian customers told of six to eight week wait for orders.
auckland electric buses
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Auckland reveals first images of new 152-strong electric bus fleet

  • July 5, 2022
  • Joshua S. Hill
Auckland Transport reveals sneak peek of new electric bus fleet that will replace 12% of the city's diesel bus fleet.
Sam Steele, Managing Director of APAC at EO and Chris Talbot, Managing Director of YHI (New Zealand) Ltd.
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  • 2 min
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Leading European EV charging firm expands to NZ market

  • May 14, 2022
  • Joshua S. Hill
EO Charging announces expansion into New Zealand through partnership with local energy supplier YHI Energy.
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  • 2 min
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  • Policy

New Zealand backs Zenobe to fast-track electric bus fleets

  • April 29, 2022
  • Joshua S. Hill
New Zealand green bank to finance deployment of electric bus fleets under long-term lease agreements.
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  • 2 min
  • Electric Boats
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Two electric fast ferries under construction for Auckland Harbour

  • April 27, 2022
  • Joshua S. Hill
NZ government provides funding to build two new electric fast ferries, to operate across Auckland Harbour by 2024.
Tesla destination charger at Coronet Peak, New Zealand. Image credit: Bridie Schmidt
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Tesla Model 3 overtakes Nissan Leaf in New Zealand, challenges Toyota

  • January 28, 2022
  • Bridie Schmidt
Tesla Model 3 overtakes Nissan Leaf in New Zealand for the first time as clean car standards start to make their impact felt.
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New Zealand flags “cash for clunkers” scheme to drive shift to EVs

  • October 14, 2021
  • Sophie Vorrath
NZ government's draft emissions reduction plan proposes vehicle scrappage scheme, incentivising low-income drivers to trade in their ICE cars for EVs.
meridian
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Meridian Energy to build EV charging network across New Zealand

  • February 25, 2021
  • Sophie Vorrath
New Zealand renewable electricity gen-tailer says it will install 200-plus DC EV chargers to reduce range anxiety and boost driver confidence in going electric.
adern hyundai ioniq
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New Zealand mandates electric vehicles only for all government departments

  • December 8, 2020
  • Joshua S. Hill
New Zealand policy to reach carbon-neutral government by 2025 includes mandate that all government agencies must now only purchase electric or hybrid vehicles.

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