Clean car changes shelved, industry pleased
/The system of credits for Green cars and penalties for blackhearts will continue, but a review is under way.
Read MoreThe system of credits for Green cars and penalties for blackhearts will continue, but a review is under way.
Read MoreClean Car regulation Government has diluted and is looking to scrap should be reinstated in full, Drive Electric’s chair suggests.
Read MoreElectric/electrified imprint hitting 100,000 new units would have been reached a lot earlier had support continued.
Read MoreBrand’s national outlet having nothing to say now about the new Leaf and updated Ariya raises big questions.
Read MoreGovernment’s easing of environmental standards will supposedly be beneficial to buyers, but what good will really come of it?
Read MoreNew car industry watchdog heartened by rise in sales, but suggests the top choices aren’t helping emissions aims.
Read MoreThe new car market is in the mire, and not just because spending money is tight. Environmental mandate to make things better is dirtying the scene for hardest-hit electrics.
Read MoreRUCs, an emissions scheme review, rebates being history - just as well Subaru’s first battery car is built for the rough, because it’s now not a smooth road for electrics.
Read MoreClean Car Standard, the environmental impost new car buyers probably don’t know about, is being reviewed by Government. Suzuki is pleased.
Read MorePro electric vehicle lobby group says Government and country better to stay the course rather than abandon policies.
Read MoreWith the emissions fine consumers possibly don’t know about, the buck stops … where?
Read MoreFord NZ says harsher incoming Clean Car penalties won’t kick popular powerplants from play.
Read MoreA year on from full implementation, the legislation that set out to wean us from high CO2 vehicles is all but running on empty, with revision pending. While it has helped turn consumers toward electrics, we’re also sticking to the dark side.
Read MoreDoes enduring ute popularity suggest Kiwis are ignoring, or misunderstanding, the impact of the impending Clean Car Standard?
Read MoreDistributor reiterates Clean Car Standard hit is coming
Read MoreNext step legislation incorrectly drawing in motorcycles latest mis-step by Government, says MIA.
Read MoreVW co-share car could be on roster as Blue Oval looks to constrain CO2.
Read MorePerformance petrol set to land as country ramps up for more change in environmental considerations
Read MoreThe small car specialist’s latest comment defuses an incendiary statement about its future here.
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When an assault with battery is as ballistic as the strongest-brew Golf GTI, don’t say you’re at least not intrigued.
The electric arm of big player BAIC is ‘vixen’ to be noticed by kicking in with its smallest export offer that adds tech edge to a price-competitive zone.
Beijing Automotive’s first models hit high-potential market segments and prove sensible pricing can still buy a sensational specification.
A big mid-life facelift for the carryover wagon and a new body styling choice lift this type to highly recommended status.
There’s no disputing the closeness to a certain other, but that doesn’t necessarily detract.
The outcry out for a sportier version of Toyota’s top seller has been answered - and it’s a red-blood with a Green theme.
When its heart seems little different to that in nan’s shopping basket how much soul remains?
How well does Japan’s small car specialist fare when its first electric faces up to a similar concept from China?
The first electric car to achieve the Czech make’s vaunted performance badge is certainly hot - but will the price cool desire?
Munich’s first all-electric compact executive model will next year bow out to the ‘Neue Klasse’ i3. The final edition of the i4 is set to leave with head held high.
Electrics come in all styles and sizes these day, but nothing else from this age shakes its booty quite like this one.