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![RUCs for EVs: Many yet to sign up, with deadline just days away](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tesla airborne for 28m during crash that killed young lawyer
Tesla then skidded 60m into bank, slid, smashed through pole, rolled, court hears.
![Revenge of the Prius: Hybrid cars stage a comeback as EV sales slow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Revenge of the Prius: Hybrid cars stage a comeback as EV sales slow
New York Times: US sales of hybrids were up 65 per cent to more than 1.2m last year.
![EV owners: RUCs will cost us twice what petrol car owners pay in fuel tax](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
EV owners: RUCs will cost us twice what petrol car owners pay in fuel tax
EV owners are happy to pay road user charges but say it works out double the petrol tax.
![$1000/year to drive your EV: Road user charges for electric vehicles from April](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$1000/year to drive your EV: Road user charges for electric vehicles from April
The other shoe has dropped. How it will work.
![Tesla dethroned as EV sales boomed in final month of Clean Car Discount](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tesla dethroned as EV sales boomed in final month of Clean Car Discount
An industry boss wants clarity as EV owners get set to pay Road User Charges.
![Power to the people as American solar rooftop use grows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Power to the people as American solar rooftop use grows
About 4.5 million homeowners in the US now have solar rooftops.
![Focus: Car dealer's ‘biggest EV shipment yet’ as sales expected to surge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus: Car dealer's ‘biggest EV shipment yet’ as sales expected to surge
Kiwis are rushing to get an EV before the Clean Car rebate is scrapped on December 31st. Video / Ben Dickens Focus Reporter / Chereè Kinnear
![Cheap Chinese electric utes will help NZ meet climate goals once 'ute tax' repealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cheap Chinese electric utes will help NZ meet climate goals once 'ute tax' repealed
An economist thinks the arrival of Chinese EVs will see uptake soar.
![US car salvage industry braced for impending bounty of junk EVs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
US car salvage industry braced for impending bounty of junk EVs
Financial Times: Companies that wrench apart and shred old cars prepare for big change.
![Opinion: Stakes of the US car worker strike could not be higher](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: Stakes of the US car worker strike could not be higher
Financial Times: If Biden can’t bridge gap between bosses and labour, Trump could win.
![Focus: See the NZ Police’s new fully electric BMW i4 in action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus: See the NZ Police’s new fully electric BMW i4 in action
Police have unveiled a new electric vehicle they are trialling - a BMW i4. Video / NZ Herald
![Police to go electric, Auckland ram raiders thwarted & Council jobs 'held hostage' | Focus Morning Bulletin: 2 June, 2023](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police to go electric, Auckland ram raiders thwarted & Council jobs 'held hostage' | Focus Morning Bulletin: 2 June, 2023
Police steer towards electric future, how the Government is helping those worst hit by weather events and bollards stop ram raiders in their tracks in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
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Electric & hybrid cars
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