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May 30, 2025

Call to Actyon - new SUV hits region

May 30, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
Call to Actyon - new SUV hits region

KGM’s coupe-like alternate to Torres sports utility could come in two levels of specification.

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May 30, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
KGM
Actyon, Torres, Inchcape, KGM, RAV4, electric, petrol
May 27, 2025

Tough time for EV right time for e:N1

May 27, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
Tough time for EV right time for e:N1

Honda NZ is confident its just-landed electric will do okay despite the difficult market condition.

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May 27, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Honda
Ee:N1, Matthew Fong, Honda NZ, electric, EV, battery
May 12, 2025

RS Enyaq adds more grrr to Green edge

May 12, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
RS Enyaq adds more grrr to Green edge

Spirited zap and a mean look for flagship electric.

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May 12, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Skoda
Enyaq, RS, Skoda NZ, electric, EV
April 30, 2025

It’s the e-maxxed D-Max

April 30, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
It’s the e-maxxed D-Max

Isuzu unveils fully battery-compelled version of its one-tonne ute.

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April 30, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Isuzu
D-Max, D-Max EV, Isuzu NZ, electric, ute
April 24, 2025

Electric CX out of China

April 24, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
Electric CX out of China

Mazda confirms global aspiration for large sports utility in full and range-extender electric.

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April 24, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Mazda
CX-6e, EZ-60, Mazda, Changan, Mazda NZ, electric, BEV, EREV
April 23, 2025

NZ-bound ES outs in full electric form

April 23, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
NZ-bound ES outs in full electric form

Two wholly battery-wed editions of Lexus sedan will site with ongoing hybrid version. It’s here next year.

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April 23, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Lexus
ES, electric, hybrid, G-AK
March 10, 2025

Cadillac’s three-phase power play

March 10, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
Cadillac’s three-phase power play

Compact five-seat Optiq and mammoth seven-chair Vistiq signed off to join just-landing Lyriq.

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March 10, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Cadillac
GMSV, Jess Bala, John Roth, electric, Optiq, Vistiq, Lyriq
March 06, 2025

ES90 revealed, not for NZ

March 06, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
ES90 revealed, not for NZ

Sweden’s latest, a big luxury electric, has just unveiled. Kiwis will have to admire it from afar.

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March 06, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Volvo
ES90, EX90, Volvo New Zealand, electric, Gothenburg
January 29, 2025

Updated, improved range iX unveiled

January 29, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
Updated, improved range iX unveiled

Still-confrontational styling but more zap and it’ll go a lot further on a charge.

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January 29, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
BMW
iX, electric, xDrive, BMW NZ
January 29, 2025

Sideways for 17 kilometres!

January 29, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
Sideways for 17 kilometres!

How long could you continuously drift a car?

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January 29, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Porsche
Taycan, EV, electric, Guinness Book of Records, electric car, 17kms
January 28, 2025

EV sellers standing firm, distributor body believes

January 28, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
EV sellers standing firm, distributor body believes

Last year’s sour market massively affected some big players, but they’re weathering the storm, the Motor Industry Association says.

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January 28, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Electric vehicles, Industry
Motor Industry Association, Aimee Wiley, BYD, MG, Tesla, Polestar, Opel, Hyundai, Kia, electric, Clean Car, rebate
January 11, 2025

Mazda6 returns … as an electric

January 11, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
Mazda6 returns … as an electric

The former Kiwi favourite has become battery-wed. Keen to see it? 

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January 11, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Mazda
Mazda6e, electric, battery, Hiroshima
December 18, 2024

Electric JCW Minis are $70k zone sizzlers

December 18, 2024/ Richard Bosselman
Electric JCW Minis are $70k zone sizzlers

Battery pure street racers from China will be alongside Brit-born petrol equivalent by March.

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December 18, 2024/ Richard Bosselman/
Mini
John Cooper Works, GWM, electric, battery, UK, China, Alexander Brockhoff
December 10, 2024

Elroq proposes as Skoda’s large-scale compact

December 10, 2024/ Richard Bosselman
Elroq proposes as Skoda’s large-scale compact

The impending new electric little brother to Enyaq has plenty of choice for New Zealand distributor.

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December 10, 2024/ Richard Bosselman/
Skoda
Elroq, Enyaq, electric, Skoda NZ, MEB, VW ID
November 21, 2024

Ioniq 9 turns boxy boldness up to 10

November 21, 2024/ Richard Bosselman
Ioniq 9 turns boxy boldness up to 10

Hyundai’s large family model will deliver in rear and all-wheel-drive forms.

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November 21, 2024/ Richard Bosselman/
Hyundai
Ioniq 9, Hyundai NZ, E-GMP, electric, Kia EV 9
October 29, 2024

John Cooper Works electrics hold sprint supremacy

October 29, 2024/ Richard Bosselman
John Cooper Works electrics hold sprint supremacy

Battery-wed JCWs set pace for off-the-line nip but place second to the petrol for overall speed.

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October 29, 2024/ Richard Bosselman/
Mini
JCW, Oxford, Great Wall Motors, electric, John Cooper
October 23, 2024

Electric JCW Mini wins phwoar game

October 23, 2024/ Richard Bosselman
Electric JCW Mini wins phwoar game

China-sourced battery Aceman and hatch to land at same time as Brit-built petrol type.

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October 23, 2024/ Richard Bosselman/
Mini, BMW
John Cooper Works, JCW, electric, petrol, BMW NZ
September 10, 2024

Electric moment as Elroq images shared

September 10, 2024/ Richard Bosselman
Electric moment as Elroq images shared

Skoda NZ has updated its small ICE cars, the factory is one step ahead.

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September 10, 2024/ Richard Bosselman/
Skoda
Kamiq, Scala, Skoda NZ, Elroq, electric
September 09, 2024

New start EX90 lands as Volvo changes course

September 09, 2024/ Richard Bosselman
New start EX90 lands as Volvo changes course

Electric is still the end game for Volvo, but arrival of its biggest pitch times with announcement that petrol models will continue for longer than previously planned.

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September 09, 2024/ Richard Bosselman/
Volvo
EX90, Volvo NZ, XC90, electric, Twin Motor
August 29, 2024

ZS hybrid to fill in for outgoing full electric

August 29, 2024/ Richard Bosselman
ZS hybrid to fill in for outgoing full electric

As expected, the incoming second-generation of the car that reinstated MG here has the same petrol-electric as MG3, as well as full petrol choices. 

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August 29, 2024/ Richard Bosselman/
MG
ZS Hybrid Plus, MG NZ, ZS EV, MG4, hybrid, electric
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