Lordstown Motors, the electric vehicle company that bought the former General Motors plant in the US state of Ohio, plans to have its first pick-up truck on the market early next year. It will be called the Endurance, a double-cab four-wheel drive that starts at US$52,000 (NZ$80,000) and is powered by four in-hub electric motors said to generate 450kW. The … [Read more...] about New electric pick-up truck from an old General Motors plant
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$12,000 deal for motorists to swap petrol and diesel models for EVs
British motorists will be given NZ$12,000 to swap their petrol or diesel cars for electric ones under plans by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to revitalise the country’s flagging economy. The plans also reportedly include a car scrappage scheme, dubbed “cash for clunkers”, aimed at further promoting the use of electric vehicles (EVs). It would sit alongside a NZ$2 billion … [Read more...] about $12,000 deal for motorists to swap petrol and diesel models for EVs
Woman steering the growth of EVs in Norway keeps eye on NZ
The electric vehicle (EV) lobby often refers to Norway and its abundance of eco-friendly, hydro-electric energy as the guiding light to New Zealand’s emissions-free motoring future. Christina Bu (above) is the secretary-general of the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association (NEVA), the most powerful EV owners group in the world. Alastair Sloane caught up with her at her office … [Read more...] about Woman steering the growth of EVs in Norway keeps eye on NZ
A line-up of electric vehicles, some of them for NZ market
The public relations hype claims New Zealanders are buying Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and Battery-Electric Vehicles (BEVs) at a rate faster than Europeans. Whatever, the electric vehicle (EV) numbers in this country are indeed growing. Here’s a brief look at current and future EVs. Tesla began Model 3 (above) production last August and planned to ramp it up to … [Read more...] about A line-up of electric vehicles, some of them for NZ market
How EVs will hurt car dealers’ reliance on after-sales service
Global consulting firm UBS Research last year tore apart two similar-sized five-door hatchbacks, a battery-electric (BEV) Chevrolet Bolt and a petrol-powered Volkswagen Golf. Its engineers and analysts had a two-fold aim: to count the moving parts in each vehicle and to see what the Bolt cost to make. They found the Bolt had 24 moving parts compared with the Golf’s 149, … [Read more...] about How EVs will hurt car dealers’ reliance on after-sales service