Electrics to avoid RUC until 2024
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GOVERNMENT’S determination today to exempt light electric vehicles from road user charges until the end of March 2024 has been welcomed by a pressure group for battery-driven vehicles.
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Restomod E-Type plugs into past
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The world is facing up to weaning off oil and improving economy and emissions. Potentially not quite perfect timing to reprise a British V12 sports tourer from yesteryear. But it’s happened nonetheless.
Read MoreNavara Warrior: Red-blooded Greenie
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If the standard Navara Pro-4X isn’t tough enough … there’s now a ‘Pro-4X Warrior by Premcar’
Read MorePassat Alltrack returns, but not for rematch
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The Passat Alltrack, an elevated and all-paw version of Volkswagen’s medium-sized passenger model in wagon form (so, essentially an equivalent of a Subaru Outback, but softer) has returned to sale.
Read MoreUrbanaut takes physical form
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Previously only a digital mock-up first shown last November, Mini’s self-driving city electric, the Urbanaut, has now been built into a full-scale model.
Read MoreExtra pepped Cayenne emerges
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Is the Turbo GT ‘super SUV’ a last hurrah to full-on fossil fuel addiction?
Read MoreE-Tron range lift reported
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A more powerful battery is said to be among improvements coming with next year’s facelift of Audi’s core electric car.
Read MoreHilux now hooking into extreme mako-ver
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Toyota NZ explains why a Hilux named after an alpha predator has been elusive, but won’t be from now on.
Read MoreRanger racing toward unprecedented 11,000 registrations
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Ute-bashing has backfired in respect to the country’s top-seller, the Ford Ranger.
Read MoreBaby Rodin on right track
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A partnership with Rodin Cars and University of Canterbury provides the faculty’s motorsport team with access to Rodins’ world-class facilities and also shows the students where their skills could lead them.
Read MoreANCAP tick set to be a challenge?
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New wholly and plug-in electric cars within the price range to achieve a tasty Clean Car rebate still need a crash test score from our sole recognised provider, ANCAP. But not all incoming models have this. A problem?
Read MoreWhen the art of driving is … well, art
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Famous French artist Henry Matisse once said ‘creativity takes courage’. Apparently, it can also involve an electric Jaguar.
Read MorePre-order plan for e-Peugeots
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CLEAN Car rebate attention and what it says has become “unprecedented interest” in low-emission Peugeot vehicles has seen the national distributor concoct a plan it says will fast track the launch of two already confirmed incoming battery-driven cars.
Read MoreKia enhances rebate-eligible line
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SEVEN Kia models are laying claim to ability to extract Government Clean Car subsidy assistance at purchase.
Read MoreSsangYong EV strategy delights NZ distributor
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Battery models stand to fore in SsangYong’s ‘self-rescue’ plan; first to come is an electric Korando.
Read MoreUpdated Forester revealed
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MORE than just a pretty … erm, ‘interesting’ … new face. An update for the Subaru Forester sharpens the Eyesight tech and, yes, it has new ‘eyes’ too.
Read MoreEntry Ioniq 5 in feebate zone
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AN entry version of Hyundai’s crucial new Ioniq 5 electric car will achieve eligibility for Government’s EV feebate, according to pricing and information on the brand’s website.
Read MoreGovt’s EV plug premature
/THE dominant brands in the one-tonne ute sector appear to have pulled the handbrake on Government contention that electric versions of their Kiwi-favoured workhorses are close.
Read More$8k EV incentive inspires new vehicle distributors
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EUROPE’S biggest provider of electric cars will be asked to accelerate local market release of its mainstream models now that Government has delivered a tasty incentive.
Read MoreNX first Lexus with PHEV
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It’s the new Lexus NX. Only hybrids, plug-in and ‘self charging’, are coming to this market at year-end.
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