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Volkswagen to close at least 3 German plants, cut thousands of jobs
Financial Times: The first closure of domestic plants in the company’s 87-year history.
Lex: Tesla is not a car company but it does a good impersonation
Financial Times: Most of the carmaker’s value hangs on things that are yet to exist.
How national security has transformed economic policy
Financial Times: Spy fears and dual-use technologies have eclipsed free market orthodoxy.
Volvo ditches pledge to sell only electric cars by 2030
Financial Times: Demand for battery-powered vehicles has decreased globally.
Half-price deals on EVs as policy changes, recession creates surplus stock
The industry's pain is your gain with the first electric car under $30,000.
Opinion: Why I no longer crave a Tesla
Financial Times: Elon Musk's antics turn off the most obvious customers for his cars.
Tesla misses profit estimates as Elon Musk delays ‘robotaxi’ launch
Financial Times: Shares fall despite CEO’s claim about ‘autonomous fleet’.
Imports plunge, New Zealand records $669m goods trade surplus for June
Kiwifruit exports shone but car imports tanked.
Japanese carmakers ‘very scared’ by China’s rapid EV development
Financial Times: Sony-Honda joint venture boss says conservative culture must change.
Tesla cars put on local Chinese government’s purchase list for first time
Financial Times: Announcement comes as Elon Musk’s group faces increasing competition.
Lex: Volkswagen tries to play catch-up with Rivian deal
Financial Times: If you can't beat 'em...VW is hitching a ride with fleeter-footed rivals.
Liam Dann: How will NZ drive economic growth in the next decade? Why mining won’t cut it
OPINION: The next wave of global economic growth will involve electricity, Liam Dann says.
Editorial: Data centre deal shows potential future for New Zealand
OPINION: Could NZ's economic future lie in storing other country's data?
Why Americans are not buying more EVs
Financial Times: Tariffs on Chinese imports could reduce competition and increase costs.
Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms
OPINION: 'We've got unavoidable trade-offs to make,' says Shane Jones.
'Distressing': Car dealer closures 'likely' as sales fall for fifth straight month
'Even more daunting than the peak of the Global Financial Crisis.'
Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape
OPINION: Immigration NZ delivers 'a brilliant gem of bureaucratic lunacy'.
Road user charges: 12,000 renegade EV owners now face fines
About 11 per cent of EV owners failed to pay up by the May 31 deadline.
RUCs for EVs: Many yet to sign up, with deadline just days away
The move will roughly double EV owners' running costs.
NZTA tells dealers to repay Clean Car rebates on almost 200 EVs
Dealers pocketed subsidies of up to $7000 per vehicle, then sold them on too quickly.
Shane Te Pou: National could lose in 2026, but would Labour be ready to win?
OPINION: Could this be a one-term government?
One thing households could do to save $1000-plus on power bills
Also under scrutiny are the creaky state of Kiwi appliances and our ageing vehicle fleet.
Government to slash road user charges for plug-in hybrids
Plug-in hybrid owners will pay less in road user charges after a change of heart.
Oops! Govt MPs vote for wrong amendment, accidentally cut proposed taxes for hybrid cars
Labour and the Greens are chuffed Govt MPs accidentally cut taxes for hybrids.
The cost of an EV will plunge sooner than predicted - but there’s a catch
Electric vehicle sales have levelled off lately after a surge in 2023.
Government's road transport budget means big changes for roads
The Government's $20b transport plan will fundamentally change our transport system.
Tesla airborne for 28m during crash that killed young lawyer
Tesla then skidded 60m into bank, slid, smashed through pole, rolled, court hears.