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November 22, 2020 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Let’s take a couple of upcoming electric vans to New Zealand as an example, the Ford Transit and LDV’s eDeliver 3, if only because they are square shaped with lots of sheet metal and...
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November 2, 2020 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Canadian company Worksport has developed a folding tonneau cover for pick-up trucks that contains a cutting-edge solar charging and storage system...
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November 2, 2020 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Canadian company Worksport has developed a folding tonneau cover for pick-up trucks that contains a cutting-edge solar charging and storage system. The cover, called TerraVis, uses solar...
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September 15, 2020 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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One hundred to one – that’s the ratio of petrol- and diesel-powered to hybrid or all-electric SUVs registered with the NZ Transport Agency since the beginning of 2017. It’s actually...
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July 13, 2020 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Wireless charging technology pioneered by University of Auckland professors John Boys and Grant Covic has helped an Australian company log a world first for electric cars (EVs), one it...
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June 30, 2020 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Lordstown Motors, the electric vehicle company that bought the former General Motors plant in the US state of Ohio, plans to have its first pick-up truck on the market early next year. It...
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June 10, 2020 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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British motorists will be given NZ$12,000 to swap their petrol or diesel cars for electric ones under plans by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to revitalise the country’s flagging economy....
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August 30, 2018 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The electric vehicle (EV) lobby often refers to Norway and its abundance of eco-friendly, hydro-electric energy as the guiding light to New Zealand’s emissions-free motoring future....
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February 14, 2018 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The public relations hype claims New Zealanders are buying Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and Battery-Electric Vehicles (BEVs) at a rate faster than Europeans. Whatever, the...
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January 9, 2018 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Global consulting firm UBS Research last year tore apart two similar-sized five-door hatchbacks, a battery-electric (BEV) Chevrolet Bolt and a petrol-powered Volkswagen Golf. Its engineers...
