But you do have a choice.
Electric car association nz.
Electric vehicles are here now.
You can own an electric car today.
New zealand climate change minister james shaw the co leader of the greens and who drives an electric car a hyundai ioniq has been promising to unveil a detailed climate change strategy and the ev component since last october his options include mandating a rapid shift to electric for the government car fleet and following norway s example in making electric vehicle purchases exempt.
Not to mention acev has the biggest selection of bmw i3 s in the country.
While there are no electric production cars currently for sale in australia as of 2010 you can convert your existing vehicle to zero emission electric.
To see how functional they are in day to day life the aa motoring services team got behind the wheel of two pure electric vehicles evs and the first long range e car available in new zealand.
We also stock new zealand s most popular plug in hybrid electric vehicle the mitsubishi outlander phev.
The census shows over half of new zealand households have two or more cars suggesting many could own a cheap electric car and keep a long distance fuel car.
The electric auto association is north america s leading nonprofit that accelerates the adoption of electric vehicles by supporting its 80 chapters and thousands of members as they talk neighbor to neighbor in their communities about the benefits of driving electric.
Driving an ev instead of a petrol or diesel car will cut your co 2 emissions by 80.
Electric vehicles registered in nz.
Electric cars here are mostly cheap used imported short range nissan leaf hatchbacks.
Specialist electric vehicle dealer.
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It s cheaper too the cost of charging an ev is equivalent to paying only 30 cents a litre.
Electric vehicles smarter cheaper cleaner when it comes to transport the future is electric.
Inspect our wide range of new zealand s most popular ev the nissan leaf in 24 30 and 40 kwh and the e nv200 van.
Never pay another cent for petrol and know that you re doing your bit to minimise air pollution and climate change.
Since 2016 electric car prices and models in nz have improved.
The people buying brand new cars can afford brand new cars so when the brand new cars come in if they have an incentive to buy electric vehicles eventually that filters through to the rest of the sleeve and that means there will be more efficient second hand vehicles available to those low income households to everyone in new zealand.