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With help from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), the new vehicle is now making deliveries as New Zealand’s first electric powered refrigerated heavy-duty truck.

It is the latest of several projects between Foodstuffs and EECA as they collaborate in the drive towards a carbon neutral New Zealand by 2050.

The total cost of the truck hasn’t been totalled yet, however, EECA funded $400,000 towards the project which also included two other ambient trucks with all three now on the road.

It followed Foodstuffs’ successful application to the Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund for co-funding support.

Foodstuffs NZ sustainability manager Mike Sammons says it’s “a huge feat of Kiwi ingenuity”.

“We couldn’t purchase a fully electric refrigerated truck, because it didn’t exist, so we had the idea to custom-build one,” he says.

With carbon emissions from transport at 18% in New Zealand, Sammons is optimistic this new innovation will have a role to play in transport carbon reduction.

“We’re 100% committed to playing our part in creating more sustainable transport solutions, building a fully electric refrigeration truck is a massive leap towards a carbon-free future for New Zealand,” he says.

Sammons says data on the truck will be collected over the next 12 months “to really get an understanding of the potential for electric trucks as a viable alternative to the status quo”.

EECA transport portfolio manager Richard Briggs says they could see the potential immediately.

“Heavy vehicles make up less than 5% of the national fleet, but are responsible for 29% of land transport emissions, so decarbonising the heavy fleet as much as possible will have a huge, positive impact.”

EECA had previously co-funded Foodstuffs to deliver 61 fast charge stations and 28 electric delivery vans.

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record in this space, proving the viability of electrification,” Briggs says.

With EECA’s backing, Foodstuffs pulled together some of the country’s brightest and best transport, electrical and refrigeration engineers to convert the standard Isuzu FVY, 24 tonne, 6-wheel diesel truck to be 100% electric powered.

The electric truck will operate from the Foodstuffs distribution centre in Grenada Wellington, under the stewardship of Foodstuffs North Island Transport.

After extensive testing and driver training, the electric truck recently set out on its first official delivery run to New World Miramar, a 60km round trip.

With a range of between 150 and 200km and capable of transporting 14 pallets of product at temperatures as low as minus 15 degrees centigrade, the truck completed its inaugural journey with ease.

Automotive technology company SEA Electric carried out the EV conversion on the Isuzu truck featuring its SEA-Drive 180 power system.

SEA Electric NZ general manager Stephen Fairweather says it’s the first heavy refrigerated truck to hit the road,

however a smaller EV refrigerated truck for Countdown home delivery was the first project.

He says the company has now been involved in a number of EV projects from waste collection, home delivery, daily freight and elevated work platform trucks.

“This vehicle’s requirements is certainly the largest refrigeration unit we’ve tackled in New Zealand, although it has been done prior in Australia. With the correct auxiliary equipment it is manageable,” Fairweather says.

“SEA Electric’s drive system is ideally suited to the metropolitan delivery model where this type of requirement comes into play. Being able to configure the SEA Drive system to customers usage, GVM and range requirements enables endless possibilities,” he says.

The company also worked closely with transport refrigeration specialist Thermo King. and Fairweather says alignment between both parties is “critical” to getting the job done.

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It’s all happening this month!While COVID-19 still dominates global headlines, New Zealand is in the fortunate position of grappling with other stuff.Perhaps the pandemic, showing little sign of abating globally, has prompted a rethink around transport emissions and the environment, particularly relating to climate change.Tesla is at the forefront, its production and sales stepping up with factories being built at a frantic pace as demand for EVs increases.The Tesla Model 3 helped the company top the United Kingdom’s 150% increase in electric car sales for instance. Tax breaks and an EV grant may be helping there.And if a move by Nigel Broomhall pays dividends Tesla just might be persuaded to set up a Gigafactory at Tiwai Point now that Rio Tinto is pulling the plug on the power gobbling aluminium smelter there.Main power supplier Meridian Energy has been given notice to terminate its power contract by August next year.Calling the project “Tesla Down Under” (or perhaps it could be “Tesla for Tiwai”), Broomhall – who has more than 10 years’ experience in the EV industry and, in fact, once led Meridian Energy’s EV programme - Is seeking support for a pitch to Tesla.He says Tiwai has 570MW of 100% renewable electricity, a commercial deep-water port designed to manage raw materials, all the electricity transmission hardware to get the energy into the site and more than 1200 skilled manufacturing staff.Broomhall reckons it would involve NZ$6.9 billion investment, provide 8000 jobs, reduce or eliminate the $100 million Transpower Clutha Upper-

Waitaki Lines Project, and eliminate or reduce the Transpower $500-$600m investment needed across New Zealand to balance the energy surplus.“If the Facebook page we’ve created gets to 10,000+ likes, we’ll build a business-funded team and pitch Tesla. We’ll co-ordinate across the electricity industry, local and central government,” Broomhall says.“Here’s the team we’d pull together: Electricity industry executives, Southland community representatives, Ngai Tahu representatives, local and central government representatives.“Our team already has networks into the US tech industry in the EV space which we would leverage. “And we’re sure others would jump on board.“Let’s leverage our clean and green image and use it to create jobs in a high-tech industry that aims to make the world a better place. “Talking to Tesla might take the heat out of the apparent demise of the government’s Clean Car Plan remnants, despite the Green Party’s earlier hopes to make it an election issue.If it impacts on the September 19 general election, then it may not be in the way the Greens planned.They’re blaming NZ First for blocking it.The emissions target side of it (Clean Car Standard) was expected to go to Cabinet before the election, but that looks to be gone now.The feebate side (Clean Car Discount) of the scheme, which promised rebates for EVs, was reportedly earlier blocked by NZ First and may (or may not) be reconsidered after the election.Associate transport minister Julie Anne Genter accuses NZ First of not putting up a viable alternative.Instead, the Green Party has released a Clean Energy Plan which doesn’t directly mention EVs, but says it’s “part one” of a plan for “a fossil-fuel free Aotearoa”.

It will establish a Clean Energy Industry Training Plan to support thousands of people into jobs, introduce grants to halve the price of installing solar in privately-owned homes, and offer grants and low-interest loans for businesses to transition.The Greens also want to upgrade all 63,000 social and community homes with solar panels and batteries, ban new industrial coal boilers within the first 100 days in government, and end coal use in Aotearoa by 2030.The plan proposes creating a $250 million Clean Energy Fund which communities can draw from for local renewable energy projects, and it aims to simplify planning rules to make it easier to build wind turbines.You would imagine EVs are part of the equation somewhere along the line.I’m waiting to see what other parties will suggest in the way of help for renewable energy and EV uptake prior to the September election.Meanwhile, EV sales are picking up here and overseas – incentives or not.And if Tesla does like the Tiwai Point idea New Zealand could be in the EV driver’s seat.

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Anneke (pronounced like the herb arnica) Featonby is our new business development manager.She’s been in the motor trade industry nearly 13 years, so knows what she’s talking about.Featonby was business development manager for AutoBase from 2007 to 2012 when it sold to Trade Me Motors, and she remained in the role at Trade Me Motors until 2017.Her first taste of an EV was a Nissan Leaf test drive at Harwood Cars, and she aims to drive a few more.“They’re fun to drive,” she says, with an e-scooter next on the list.“I’d like to see an app developed for all e-mobility,” Featonby adds.After growing up in South Auckland, she has been living in West Auckland with husband

Daniel, who is also involved in the motor industry, and their children, for about eight years.She enjoys walking the family dog at Muriwai Beach and visiting West Auckland vineyards.“I’m looking forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones,” she says of her new role.“I know many New Zealand vehicle dealers after travelling around New Zealand for Trade Me Motors.Featonby also spent some time in a business support agency, specialising in social media marketing.“Digital marketing is my passion,” she explains.Educating people in using social media, Featonby was instructing up to 500 people at once.

But working in the automotive field is what she enjoys most, and she will bring her heightened skills to the task.“I’m very excited to be back in the industry and I’m looking forward to taking EVs and Beyond to new heights.”She’s taking over the business development role at EVs and Beyond from Sophie Song who returns to a similar role with TransportTalk as she already knows many of the clients.Song says her time with EVs and Beyond has given her valuable insight into the increasing tech coming into the transport industry.Both look forward to working with clients to help them promote their brands and products.Email [email protected] and [email protected] for more info.

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Talk to husband and wife team Hadley and Alana Hargadon and their passion for electric vehicles is infectious. The couple own EV-only dealership, Auckland City Electric Vehicles, just to the north of the harbour bridge in Barrys Point Road, Takapuna.Hadley is the general manager and Alana takes care of marketing and the all-important customer relations. Though Alana was working in the fashion industry and marketing before they started the dealership you might say selling cars is in her blood.

Her father is Auckland car trade identity Allan Clarke who ran several franchise dealerships dating back to the 1970s. “His tagline actually was ‘12 minutes north of the bridge’ and now our taglines on the radio are ‘just two minutes north of the bridge,’” she says.ACEV had its genesis in a family conversation. “We were sitting down with Allan one night,” says Hadley. “We already had a business, and we wanted to expand and do something else, and cars was going to be that.”Why a specialist EV dealership? “We decided that electric vehicles are the

future, so we wanted to get in early, and learn all about it and make sure that we’re going to do it right,” says Hadley who has worked in the car trade in NZ and Australia.“We didn’t have a huge amount of experience with electric vehicles, so we bought a few vehicles to test them out. We all fell in love with them…and knew that we were going to be selling a product that we believed in.”They imported their first cars, Nissan Leafs, from Britain and then started sourcing them from Japan.Now their stock comes only from Japan. “The time that we can get vehicles from Japan is a

EV-DEALERSHIP TAKING NEW APPROACHSpecialist electric vehicle dealerships have been popping up around the country over the last couple of years, some converting existing operations, some new to the trade. Auckland City Electric Vehicles are new, but they have some historic industry connections behind them. Owners Hadley and Alana Hargadon sat down with EVs and Beyond podcast host Richard Edwards to discuss how things are going.

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lot more efficient than going through the UK,” says Hadley. “And we found with some models, you get a lot more spec out of Japan than you would out of the UK, and that money fluctuation in terms of the dollar can hurt the UK market quite a bit. So we’re solely focused now on Japan.”Hadley buys the cars himself, selecting them online, and also works with a team in Japan. “We try and get up there a couple of times a year to keep those relationships going.”ACEV focuses on high grade cars. “We’re quite stringent on what we’re buying, and we find that reflects when, as soon as you walk into a dealership, everything is in great condition both inside and out. We want to present ourselves as being a high quality dealership.”

Nissan Leafs will be the ACEV’s bread and butter for the foreseeable future because they’re available in quantity. “BMW i3s, we try and stock as many of those as we can, and I think we sold five i3s last week. So we are turning over a lot of i3s as well, but still Leaf is far away the biggest seller for us.”Alana says plug-in hybrids are gaining popularity. “The Mitsubishi Outlander is a huge vehicle for us, and now the Volkswagen GTE.”Hadley says plug-ins suit single car families. “They want to be able to go away on the weekend and not necessarily have that trip interrupted by stops (to recharge).“They can get a full electric commute every day with the GTE Golf or a plug in

hybrid Outlander, but still do those longer journeys as well.”ACEV’s customers are diverse. “We get EV purists, of course, but we get a lot of people that are more thinking about the monetary savings that come along with an electric vehicle. “And I think the biggest driver in the market now is people that have friends that have gone electric, and perhaps they thought that that was a strange move until they’ve actually gone for a ride in that car.“Having been for a ride in an electric car, they can actually see it in their own lives.”There’s a far bigger education component in selling electric cars. “We’ve spent a lot of time developing knowledge within our business. It’s more about an education process when you come to buy an electric

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car, and we don’t want to be giving disinformation.”Finance penetration in the electric car dealerships is very low. “That’s because I think more people are cautious,” says Hadley. “They’re better with money perhaps as a whole, so they’re not in finance, but it’s not to say it’s a hard and fast rule. “It’s certainly more difficult to sell a warranty. I think the greatest thing about an electric car is there’s not as many things to go wrong, so people are drawn to them because of their reliability.”ACEV has stayed in Barrys Point Road because it’s “a great spot for us. We’re easily accessible either going north or south on the motorway.”Alana says the showroom isn’t too far away from a key EV market, the Hibiscus Coast. “We’ve seen a huge influx of customers from there because their commute is larger to the CBD. So they they’re wanting to save costs on fuels. “If we were over in the city it would maybe put those customers off coming to our dealership, but being in Takapuna, we’re not too far away.”The dealership rewards staff performance. Alana says there’s an incentive scheme for staff: “there’s anything from a gift voucher to a romantic night away. So that’s been really really fun for me to put in place with the team, and everyone seems to have won a prize last month, so that’s fantastic.”Sales manager Greg King has extensive experience as a car mechanic, and worked for Alana’s dad in the 1980s. “(The) knowledge that Greg’s got and developed since he’s been in the electric field is great, being able to pass it on to customers as well,” says Hadley“Next to Greg, we’ve got Peter Willis who has

worked in many dealerships over the years. He was very much retired when he actually started with us, but he came and worked for a few days while we were on holiday once and has never left. “Very recently we’ve taken on Dennis Millerchen who came from Tristrams, and he’s a great salesman. But more importantly, he treats customers right, which is what we always want to do.”Alana says there’s also a great team in admin, accounting and vehicle grooming. “We’ve recently also taken on another guy who does our after sale stuff.”ACEV is pleased with how it has recovered from the COVID-19 lockdown. “It’s actually quite surprising,” says Alana. “We’ve seen a really strong (June) and this month kicked off really well, too. I think a lot of people during lockdown actually thought about buying an electric car and they’re putting that into action.”Hadley says ACEV has kept its stock pipeline pretty full. “We’ve got plenty of cars at the moment, and we’re going to have plenty of cars next month as well.” However, the Japanese market slowdown has hampered vehicle availability. “I think last month was probably a little tougher to buy than in previous months. Hopefully that doesn’t hang around. There’s always that question mark of supply of Leafs in Japan, used Leafs. So hopefully that doesn’t become an issue.”Alana says ACEV supports the environment and sustainability. It joined the Sustainable Business Network this year, and collaborates with a sustainable New Zealand spring water company called For The Better Good. “It has a great marketing initiative and great branding, which says, ‘Hello, I’m made from plant’ emblazoned on the bottle.

“(They) even have a drop off bin where you can return the bottle. That’s something that they do many places throughout the country. (The bottles) can be composted as well, so the bottles don’t end up in landfill, so it’s really cool.”ACEV supplies customers with bottles of the water. “I think traditionally the big dealerships might give a water or a coffee or a sparkling water, something like that. “But we wanted to do something more unique when someone went on a test drive or came down and signed up for a sales agreement.” The collaboration with For the Better Good “is working really well, and the feedback that we’ve had is really positive.”On World EV Day (September 9) which will celebrate electric vehicle ownership, ACEV plans to invite people to a special event in its showroom. “We have a man, Bruce the Juice, from the local Takapuna markets who comes in and does promotional days for us. He makes green juice for us, which kind of fits in with our branding and eco- packaging, and the customers love it.” Alana says ACEV proactively promotes electric cars to the friends of EV owners.“We invite EV owners’ friends who maybe haven’t driven an EV to the dealership to try one. “We do a lot of test drives and fun little drives around the block. It’s really good for people just to get in (the cars) and see how great they really are.”

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That comes despite new chief executive Neeraj Lala not being convinced the world is ready for volume electric vehicles yet.

“I guess you’ll see fully electric vehicles from Toyota when there’s demand for fully electric vehicles,” Lala says.

“I know that’s an easy answer, and of course the cynic will say, “Oh, well, you’re only saying that because you don’t have one.”

That is not technically true. Most modern Toyota models are based on a shared platform, dubbed TNGA. The platform has been electrified, on sale in China under the body of a CH-R small SUV.

Why this matters is that theoretically the drivetrain could be applied to any TNGA model - that includes volume sellers such as the Corolla, RAV4, Camry and new generation Highlander.

Though Lala may not be in a rush to launch many full electric vehicles yet.

“One of the things I think we tend to do well is introduce product at the right time. It’s taken a long time for hybrid demand to reach the level that it’s at at the moment. It’s taken more than 25 years,” he says.

But the wait is almost over, with Lala indicating their first EV product will land here in 18 months.

He would not say what it is, but we are predicting it will be the Lexus UX.

“We’re 18 months away from introducing our first full battery electric EV, not self-charging hybrids, which I know many people don’t like the fact that we call them self charging hybrids,” he says.

“But in all honesty, we’re the only car company that reached double digits in terms of weighted average C02 reductions. We’re hugely supportive of the government’s drive to a low emission economy, and we’re fully committed to the fact that it’s a roadmap to achieve low emissions.”

“And hybrids are the best solution at the moment.”

Could plug-in hybrids be the solution? The Prius Prime has been available for some time in New Zealand, though has hardly been a hot seller.

Lala notes the brand has just launched a new RAV4 Prime in Japan, and calls it a “sports car”. He is right, with the model able to go 70km on battery and able to out accelerate base model versions of the Toyota Supra in some measures.

WILL IT BE COMING HERE?“We are currently still negotiating getting the RAV4 Prime into our market,” Lala says.

Considering Toyota has stopped taking orders for the model in Japan due to high demand, and it being used as a compliance car in Europe by both Toyota and Suzuki, it could be a tough ask.

Toyota New Zealand has confirmed in an interview with EVs and Beyond’s sister publication AutoTalk that an electric vehicle will be launched in New Zealand by the brand in 18 months’ time.

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The news came as part of an interview with Ford New Zealand managing director Simon Rutherford, who notes we are likely to have to queue behind ‘compliance markets’ - those where a company needs to reduce its fleet CO2 ratings to avoid tax penalties, or simply be allowed to trade.

Markets with such rules include California, Europe, the United Kingdom and more.

As much as Rutherford would love to have the Mustang Mach-E come to New Zealand, it’s a long way off.

“I think it’s a fantastic product,” he says. “The reality is that virtually all production allocations are sold in the compliance markets.

“We’re just kind of waiting and see as production ramps up and we see what happens in those other markets.

“We’ve got our hand up, put it that way,” he says.

Until then New Zealand will have to be satisfied with the arrival of a series of plug-in hybrids, the first being the Transit Custom van, in both commercial and minibus forms.

The Transit mixes an electric motor, battery and three-cylinder turbo range-extending motor. Rutherford has been trying it out, and is a massive fan.

“We’ve actually got one of those [Tourneo] here already that we’ve been driving around and it’s super cool because it’s got all these different modes on it that. I love it, I’m a big Transit fan,” he says.

A plug-in hybrid version of the Escape SUV will arrive in October, finally offering some challenge in that segment to the evergreen Mitsubishi Outlander.

Since our interview with Rutherford, unconfirmed rumours have also been

published by well-regarded CarExpert.com.au claiming that the next generation Ford Ranger, due late 2021, will be available with a plug-in hybrid option, using a 2.3-litre turbocharged petrol with an electric boost and all-wheel drive.

Rutherford says Ford’s deal with Volkswagen - Ford will develop its utes and large vans in exchange for using the platforms the ID.3 and ID.4 Volkswagens are based on - will bear fruit. Ford has also invested US$14 billion in EV technology.

“I think that as those technologies scale and we see the effect of European regimes on our cycle plan, then we can look forward to seeing many more BEVs in our plans as we go forward,” he says.

The dates are March 1 and 2, the Monday and Tuesday before the America’s Cup defence is scheduled to commence in Auckland.

The format will largely follow last year’s successful inaugural conference at the Waiheke Resort, but with greater emphasis on networking and building relationships in the EV community.

The conference will include a number of innovations, both for attendees and also for those people who will log in from overseas and other areas within New Zealand.

Editorial director of Auto Media Group, the parent company of EVs and Beyond, Richard Edwards, will again moderate proceedings and promises an event-filled programme.

“We learned from last year’s conference that attendees wanted more time to catch up with speakers and with each other and this has been provided for in the programme for next year’s event,” says Edwards.

Details of co-sponsors will be announced in coming weeks, together with early bird ticketing arrangements and names of the principal speakers - also the

programme for the gala dinner on the Monday evening.

In the meantime intending attendees should save the date, and any enquiries re sponsorship or speaking roles should be made to Deborah Baxter at [email protected] or phone 027 530 5016.

There is the increasing potential that Ford’s Mustang MACH E electric vehicle could miss New Zealand altogether, despite being engineered for right hand drive.

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Launched in the Waikato by Counties Power and WEL Networks, OpenLoop is intended to go nationwide.

“We’re only at step one now launching the system on to the chargers and are largely data gathering still,” service developer Wellington-based ECL Group chief executive Struan Reid says.

“We have not switched on payment services yet as we are analysing the data and exploring new pricing models. In the coming months there will be more to come in terms of what the app can do - watch this space.”

Reid says the app offers EV users far more tech-savvy options for use and future services.

“However, users can also request an OpenLoop fob if this is their preferred method.”

He says the app-based system offers many benefits to EV users.

To charge, users only need to scan the QR code at the charger they want to use, tap “start charging” and plug in the charger.

The app alerts the user when charging has started, and has a near real-time feed to show how much charging has been completed - perfect for users who are short on time and want to know when they have reached a certain charging amount, Reid explains.

“It also alerts users when charging has stopped so they can leave the charger - perfect for busy charging sites and other users who are waiting.”

Reid says partners EVNEX, ABB and Tritium supply the hardware and management systems, and OpenLoop is the orchestration

and customer enablement platform that sits on top of this.

Asked if OpenLoop will compete with the likes of ChargeNet NZ, Reid says OpenLoop is “very open” to collaborating with any other market players, including ChargeNet.

“We can confirm that we have been in discussions with ChargeNet to collaborate on open roaming agreements and look forward to potentially working with them in future for the benefit of all New Zealand EV users.

“OpenLoop is set up to do this and it makes sense to do so,” Reid adds.

“We are in discussions with other public EV charger owners who have expressed their interest to join OpenLoop.”

Neighbouring electricity distributors will each offer OpenLoop across their regions with an initial 40 chargers in Southern Auckland and the Waikato.

While both companies are leading the way with the adoption of this new technology, it is also available to all other network companies and EV drivers.

The network providers’ aim is to improve energy affordability, ease of use and environmental sustainability through the new service.

Counties Power chief executive Judy Nicholl says the initiative demonstrates how electricity distribution companies can pave the way for the electricity industry and ultimately unlock greater benefits for consumers.

Nicholl says great service and innovative pricing models will ensure a fair and

transparent charging process that encourages greater use of EVs.

“With plans to add more EV chargers, the OpenLoop platform will allow an open, cost effective billing system for other electricity distribution businesses (EDBs) and EV charger owners who would like to generate greater value through the growing ecosystem.”

WEL Networks chief executive Garth Dibley says the initiative provides it with the ability to offer the region a superior service.

“As a consumer-owned EDB, OpenLoop presents an opportunity to deliver charging cost effectively to EV users, while also creating sustainability outcomes which benefit our community,” he says.

“At WEL Networks we have a large portfolio of chargers and the OpenLoop platform is a tech-savvy cloud-based solution for managing them but, more importantly, it’s extremely user-friendly for the customer.”

Dibley says WEL Networks look forward to piloting the project among more than 700 EV owners.

Discussions are under way with network companies around the country to launch their own customer focused EV charging service via OpenLoop within their regions.

The free OpenLoop app is available via app stores.

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If you’re a business showing climate leadership by adopting electric vehicles in your fleet, don’t you deserve a public pat on the back? EECA thought so; and decided to run an advertising campaign to celebrate businesses using electric vehicle use – and in the process encouraging others to step up as well.

Forty organisations, big and small, were given prominent space on billboards around the country, and online, to show their leadership in EV use, and to normalise the idea of EVs as business vehicles.

The March campaign was run under EECA’s Gen Less platform, which encourages New Zealanders to get more out of life by using less harmful energy. Businesses were encouraged to promote their own EV use on social media by using the hashtag #GenLessEVs, and EECA CEO Andrew Caseley says the variety of businesses the campaign attracted was encouraging: “We already had relationships with big organisations that

have a number of EVs in their fleets, but the campaign reached some great small, local businesses across the regions who have embraced the cost saving and environmental benefits of EVs.

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It’s already started with small fixed-wing electric aircraft, while larger hybrid and pure electric regional commercial test flights are under way.

But the greatest evolution is coming with “flying cars”, or electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

New Zealand is at the forefront globally in the eVTOL field and small e-aircraft, especially with trials resuming after COVID-19 here on an eVTOL called Cora.

A joint venture between Google founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk and Boeing under Wisk (the new trading name for Zephyr Airworks) has seen seven electric Cora eVTOLs do more than 1300 test flights in Tekapo, NZ, and California in the US.

The pilot-less (currently remote control operated) Coras will probably fly up to two passengers in New Zealand first under an Airspace Integration Trial with the government here.

It’s expected they may complement New Zealand’s adventure tourism industry.

Early operations here will allow fine tuning for the US, as it’s likely to take longer to get Federal Aviation Administration approval there.

In fact, regulations have to be negotiated in many countries to allow eVTOL aircraft to operate as flying taxis.

Wisk (as Zephyr Airworks) entered an

agreement with Air New Zealand in 2018 to study using Cora for an air taxi service.

Uber Elevate is also a project involving Boeing, delving into eVTOL taxis (aerial ridesharing), initially planned for 2023 between suburbs and cities and eventually within cities.

The situation around eVTOLs is explored in a newly updated IDTechEx report Manned Electric Aircraft 2020-2030 issued last year which predicted a US$2 billion market in 12 years and rapid growth thereafter.

“Amazing new technologies are in the pipeline,” report author Dr Peter Harrop said at the time – and little has changed on that front.

It picked that larger hybrid and pure electric aircraft up to regional aircraft will be with us within 10 years.

Meanwhile, a hybrid hydrogen/electric aircraft recently flew in the United Kingdom.

Start-up ZeroAvia’s HyFlyer FCEV aircraft is said to get increased range and lower costs through using less heavy battery banks, although batteries are getting lighter, smaller and more efficient too.

HyFlyer has completed ground tests, while longer-distance hydrogen-electric test flights are scheduled shortly.

ZeroAvia expects 10 to 20-seat aircraft in service by about 2023, 50-100-seat models by 2030, and a 200-seater with 5555km range by 2040.

The world’s largest electric plane successfully flew for about 30 minutes in May at Washington State in the US, a modified Cessna Caravan 208B dubbed the eCaravan and capable of carrying nine passengers.

The flight cost about US$6 in power compared with about US$300-$400 for fuelling a conventional engine.

A 180-seat fully electric jet that can cover about 500km is planned through a partnership between EasyJet and aviation start-up Wright Electric which could get into commercial service as soon as 2030.

In the meantime, electric aircraft are likely to replace conventional planes on short-haul trips first, reducing their environmental impact.

More than 200 electrically powered aircraft are believed to be in development – including many hybrid models.

One was the E-Fan X, a joint project between Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce.

It was due to be tested but the project was dropped about April, although the companies involved say lessons have been learned such as a need to redesign or build from scratch the electrical systems involved.

Airbus has been working on electrifying aircraft since 2010, starting with a four-engine aerobatic aircraft known as CriCri.

Its electric, twin-propeller aircraft E-Fan crossed the English Channel in 2015.

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Its successor, E-Fan X, was said to be 30 times more powerful and provided insights on serial hybrid-electric propulsion.

Airbus has also been involved in eVTOL demonstrator projects Vahana and CityAirbus.

Rolls-Royce has other experimental electric aircraft, including the fully electric ACCEL

plane due to fly this year and aiming to be the fastest electric aircraft, reported to reach nearly 500km/h and fly 320km.

Greener travel is growing, especially with people thinking more about climate change impacts following the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, reports suggest more political

support for e-mobility – including electric aircraft – is still needed.

The aviation industry produced about a billion tonnes of CO2 last year, about 2.5% of all global emissions.

While that has no doubt dropped during COVID-19 and the associated restrictions on

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air travel, the concern is aviation emissions could quickly return to high levels unless environmental alternatives to aviation fuels are introduced soon.

Retrofitting aircraft with electric engines has been one answer, such as the Pipstrel from Slovenia putting an electric motor in a glider.

Since doing that in 2007, Pipistrel has gone on to produce the Pipstrel Velis Electro, certified mainly for pilot training and said to be a “game-changing” aircraft.

One is being launched by Gary Freedman’s ElectricAir soon at Christchurch Airport where trial flights for aviators from students to experienced pilots are planned. He says it’s the first electric aircraft operating in New Zealand and the start of a revolution “to clean up our skies”.

Meanwhile, Pipistrel - as the world’s first producer of the TC electric aircraft engines - is now offering its propulsion systems to aircraft designers and manufacturers globally.

Like some EVs, hybrids may also help introduce people to electric flight.

Much work has been done with retrofilled aircraft, Californian company Ampaire trialling a 1973 Cessna with one of its two conventional fuel engines replaced with an electric one.

The Electric Eel is reported to be ready for commercial flights by about 2021.

Even electric seaplanes are being developed.

Electric motor maker MagniX, involved in a few aerial experiments, is working with Vancouver-based Harbour Air. They retrofitted a 1958 seaplane with electric and flew it in December last year.

Now they’re planning to electrify the rest of Harbour Air’s 40 seaplanes for certification by the end of next year.

Some electric aircraft have been built from scratch, like Israel’s Eviation which produced a nine-seater called Alice.

It has the batteries spread around the aircraft for better weight distribution and can fly about 1046km.

Airports have been linked to other e-mobility innovations.

Christchurch Airport, for instance, is trialling Ohmio Automotion’s driverless shuttle, includes the Zilch electric car share service and also has electric buses providing a link with the city.

In fact, e-buses are, or will be, also providing services to Auckland and Wellington airports.

DITCHING ROADS FOR AERIAL ALTERNATIVESIt won’t be long before we’ll be travelling in flying cars and aerial taxis, British comparison and switching site Uswitch says.

Out of 101 active urban aviation projects investigated, 38% are already in the flight-testing stage while 5% are even further down the line and in the process of applying for commercial certification, the company’s investigation reveals.

Checking out pricing, its report shows a seat in an Uber Elevate flying taxi, launching in 2023, will cost about $8 per 1.6km, only $1.23 more over the same distance for an average London taxi.

A flying car could be bought for as low as $181,101 – similar to a high-end Mercedes-Benz.

Meanwhile, the global market for flying cars is projected to reach $2.28 trillion by 2040.

Household names like Uber, Hyundai, Audi, Toyota as well as British automotive icons like Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin are among those racing to be the first to get commercially viable flying cars into the market.

The huge success of consumer and commercial drones has seen a big appetite develop for aerial vehicles that can get people from A to B, deliver everything from the weekly shop to takeaways, and also help to make cities a greener place by easing congestion.

Although people are fascinated by flying cars – perhaps thinking of early TV series The Jetsons, a 2019 global survey of 10,000 people found that 80% are concerned that flying cars won’t be safe.

The 2019 Deloitte study also revealed 50% of people in the same survey viewed flying cars as a viable solution to city congestion.

And only time will tell what the price of the car insurance on them will be, Uswitch says.

A 2020 report from global autonomous aerial vehicles leader Ehang shows the most promising uses for the technology in three years include logistics and shipping - $70.5 billion market size, smart city management - $41.9 billion, passenger transportation – $4.57 billion, and aerial media solutions $453.7 million market size.

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A new range of e-buses will soon be making their way to New Zealand thanks to a new business partnership. Dutch EV firm Ebusco and Australian Bus Corporation (Precision Buses and Bustech) are partnering to deliver and maintain electric buses here and across the ditch. The pair will launch the Ebusco 3.0 carbon fibre bus, saving more than four tonnes, capable of 500km range, featuring a low, flat floor and optional panoramic roof.The present model Ebusco 2 is a fully electric city bus with more than 350km range. “The Australian Bus Corporation and Ebusco initially met at the BIC conference in Canberra, Australia,” Ebusco Asia Pacific strategic director Simon Pearce says.“After an initial discussion between Dan Marks (Precision Buses and Bustech director and owner), Peter Bijvelds (Ebusco chief executive) and Michel Maanen (Ebusco chief commercial officer and chief operations officer) each party felt that they could offer

the other a unique skillset in addressing the needs of the Australasian market.“We believe the Ebusco 3.0 will be a game changer and will significantly lower the total cost of ownership model in an extremely competitive environment, delivering significant benefits to customers,” Pearce says.Ebusco has delivered more than 150 electric buses into fleets in Europe with a further 245 e-buses to be delivered in the next year.Australian Bus Corporation, through Precision Buses and Bustech, provides design, engineering and manufacturing capability and capacity in Australia, supported by a localised supply chain throughout Australia, spare parts warehousing, and a service, after sales and support network.“Our collaboration with Ebusco supports our broader strategy of collaborating with technology partners who wish to expand into Australasia,” Australian Bus Corporation

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The full fleet of electric buses will be operated by Go Bus and will be in service early in the first half of 2021.

The new Airport Link service will be built by Yutong with supply and support from JW Group, Auckland Transport (AT) says.

The e-buses’ 374kWh battery pack provides the 380-400km range needed for this new service which has long daily operating hours (4am to 1am). Fast charging will be added to the Manukau Bus Station as part of a wider AT electric bus and infrastructure trial project.

“These new electric buses will improve transport connections and reliability between Manukau, Puhinui and Auckland Airport, including for workers accessing its employment precinct as well as the airport itself,” Auckland mayor Phil Goff says.

“They will also help reduce carbon emissions from Auckland’s transport network, helping us to achieve our climate change goals.”

AT integrated networks executive general manager Mark Lambert says trials AT have held in partnership with Go Bus and other operators during the past two years means more electric bus routes will be rolled out across the wider Auckland region.

“Our trials have proven that these buses can operate for a full shift on a single charge,

while providing an improved customer experience.”

The Airport Link route will travel from Manukau Bus Station to the newly upgraded Puhinui train to bus station interchange and on to Auckland Airport.

Ten-minute service frequency will ensure seamless transition between bus and train modes at Puhinui and Manukau Stations and travel time between Puhinui Station and the

airport will only be 10-12 minutes when new priority bus lanes are installed as part of the Southwest Gateway programme, AT says.

The Airport Link will replace the southern section of the 380 Airporter bus route. At the same time, a new frequent bus route, the 38, will launch on the northern section of the previous 380 route between Onehunga and the airport district.

“We are really excited about the opportunity to lead the move to zero-emission buses in Auckland,” Go Bus chief executive Calum Haslop says.

“Having trialled two full battery electric buses over a 12-month period and completed thorough due diligence on a number of electric and hydrogen bus deployments worldwide, we are now ready to move to a zero-emission future.”

Haslop says Go Bus is also rolling out electric buses in other New Zealand cities and will continue to work on hydrogen solutions as a complementary zero-emission option.

JW Group general manager Jo Crickett says more than 120,000 Yutong full electric buses have proven to be reliable, quiet and energy efficient throughout the world, and now in New Zealand through a robust AT trial.

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The Auckland Council’s proposed “Emergency Budget” makes the wrong choices on cycling (including e-biking) at the wrong time.The COVID-19 lockdown created a cycling boom, not just in New Zealand, but around the world.Many people rediscovered the joy of cycling, often with their families, riding in cleaner air, on relatively quiet and safe streets.Demand for bikes soared, and stock shortages have become common.As we, and the rest of the world, have emerged from lockdowns, many countries and cities are seizing this opportunity to do things better. In France, cycling funding has tripled under an emergency budget, which includes subsidies of up to 500 euros (around NZ$900) for e-bike purchases and up to 50 euros for bike maintenance and repairs.In Italy, they have also introduced a 500-euro bike subsidy for anyone living in a city of 50,000 or more people. In Milan, hard hit by COVID-19, the city is reallocating 35km of road space to cycling and walking. The New York Times has described this international phenomenon as “Corona Cycleways”.Yet, in Auckland we are moving in the opposite direction. The Auckland Council’s “Emergency Budget” proposes

to defer investment in all cycling projects not already under way. The fast tracking of the long-planned Auckland Harbour Bridge SkyPath by central government (creating 50 jobs) is an exception, but it otherwise looks bleak.If people cannot ride safely to and from major cycle routes like the SkyPath, they will be under-utilised.This is at a time when the world needs bikes more than ever. Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has been a major advocate for cycling, and for good reason. Cycling reduces one’s risk of heart disease, diabetes and many types of cancer, therefore reducing demands on our health system.Poor air quality from vehicle emissions has been shown to increase one’s risk of fatality from COVID-19 and other illnesses.Auckland’s “Emergency Budget” fails to consider the climate emergency. The International Energy Agency warns that we have six months to lock in the changes needed to reduce carbon emissions, before we return to a devastating business-as-usual scenario. They are right. If we don’t take this once in a lifetime opportunity to change things, with billions being invested in economic stimulus, then we never will.Yet, as the traffic congestion and pollution in Auckland creeps back up towards pre-COVID levels, our response is to cut funding

to low-carbon alternatives.The reasons the council give are financial, but applying an austerity mindset to expenditure which has a long-term net benefit is a false economy. In 2018, New Zealand spent around $11.2 billion of our hard-earned income importing petroleum, which was then burned and deposited into our lungs and the atmosphere.The collapse of international tourism means a huge balance of payments problem for New Zealand. Reducing oil dependence means less money leaving the country, helping solve that problem and a host of others.The 100km per week I commute on my e-bike costs me about 20c of mostly renewable “made in New Zealand” electricity. Given the right infrastructure, I know that a huge number of Kiwis would like to join me in ditching their regular commute in gridlocked traffic. Now is not the time for backpedalling on already modest cycling investments. Rather, it should be the moment that we decide to make an ambitious and unprecedented expansion of our cycling network. We won’t get this opportunity again.

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E-mobility, from e-buses and electric trains to e-scooters and e-bikes, was discussed in a webinar run by the ITSNZ Young Transport Professionals.

The panel session ‘Urban Planning and Sustainability – Smarter City Transport Connections’ looked at a range of ideas such as how to forward plan to ensure cities have optimal low emission transport options.

Run by ITSNZ director and youth and diversity ambassador Armin Guttke, the second panel session of its kind under the ITSNZ T-Tech Speaker Series included Aurecon representatives Cass Kenworthy and Gabriela Jimenez Rojas, and Ed Harvey from Christchurch-based EVNEX.

Rojas suggested advocating to appropriate agencies for transport forms people want, such as micro mobility like e-scooters.

Kenworthy says while plenty of data is available about public transport, very little of it is also available from e-scooter and other e-mobility operators, partly because of privacy issues.

She says there may be ways of avoiding building more car parks or using the space for different purposes as car use in the inner city tails off.

Councils lost a considerable amount of parking revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenworthy adds.

YTP director, ambassador and panel moderator Amy Strang says new tech can help provide more data to help with smarter city transport.

Harvey says the light rail situation is a mess, and that public transport and other mobility forms should use an app like Uber.

“We should be investing in EV street-side charging as well.”

Asked whether he’s like to see more changes like increased EV numbers in cities, Harvey says ‘yes’ and that such changes are occurring with New Zealand having the advantage of using mainly renewable energy.

He warns that New Zealand is becoming a “dumping ground” for cheap, imported vehicles.

While e-scooters are a great alternative, Harvey says these are usually collected for charging by ICE vehicles and that many e-scooters have a short life – usually around 30 days – because “they have a hard life”.

Kenworthy suggests towns and other places outside cities should have e-bike charging stations so people can top up if commuting or going on long rides.

Rojas believes cities need to think about how they serve people in mobility and to make viable options to encourage people out of cars.

How could best use be made of bus lanes, cycle lanes, footpaths and roads, she asks.

Asked if urban air mobility (UAM) is given sufficient focus in urban planning, most panellists felt electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and other forms of UAM, especially pilot-less options, were still too far off in the future to be considered at the moment.

They generally believe regulations still have to be sorted for UAM to operate effectively and safely.

Strang says roof space – used for solar and even gardens – is becoming constrained although UAM will play a part. “I doubt we know enough about it at the moment and what’s required.”

Asked about the role of green energy solutions, panellists say e-buses, EVs and other e-mobility forms are coming to the fore.

Kenworthy notes more emphasis by city planners on pedestrians and cyclists in city centres, with more e-bike couriers likely – although cycle lanes need to be wide enough to accommodate them.

Harvey points out that Z Energy sees a future in EVs while hydrogen may be suited to trucking but “it just doesn’t stack up for me”.

He says Rio Tinto closing the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in August next year will make more electricity available for EVs.

Solar could provide more power – a direction Australia is taking, Harvey adds.

He wants to see more incentives for EVs, such as the present road user charge exemption, and he wonders whether the Clean Car Plan will return in some form.

Guttke talked to EVs and Beyond prior to the panel discussion about eVTOL transport and he expects Wisk’s Cora project in Canterbury will help propel it forward with New Zealand perhaps taking a global lead in this field.

He says critical enablers include digital connectivity like 5G.

Funds for research and development are available, including from the private sector, which could support a future aviation industry, Guttke adds.

He believes New Zealand has the climate and airspace conditions that would be attractive to international investors for AVs and aircraft.

What is required to make things happen in this field?

Ground infrastructure and suitable take-off and landing facilities, Guttke says, suggesting “vertiports” or “vertihubs” may be required to house and service such devices.

While many safety features such as collision avoidance are already in place, Guttke believes it could be at least 10 years before eVTOL type transport takes off.

He says AVs could be around in the next 10 years but he expects eVTOL AV transport will take longer, probably after 2030.

Guttke says regulations have to be sorted and urban planning and other factors taken into account, including public acceptance.

“I think that overall New Zealand has a great opportunity to be at the forefront of UAM.”

The panel event heard that a YTP committee will be formed to support the vision of creating more opportunity for youth and diversity within the New Zealand transport agenda and sector.

Successful candidates will be announced at the ITSNZ AGM in Auckland on September 3.

Applications close August 24.

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Back in May ITS NZ would have held its T-Tech Conference, a conference launched only three years ago which grew into a two-day conference featuring 50 speakers, attracting close to 200 attendees.

The conference that wasn’t is a distant memory and ITS NZ has since held five online events attracting more than 500 registrations, sent out a comprehensive COVID-19 industry survey and published analysis and launched the Young Transport Professionals (YTP) group.

In short, 2020 will be remembered as a turning point for ITS NZ.

As the final touches are put to the ITS NZ new business plan, it’s an exciting time.

Late last year ITS NZ held a comprehensive members workshop which confirmed we were already on the right track, sharing knowledge, advocating for better transport solutions, engaging with government, the wider industry and academia.

Feedback is integrated and spelled out in our new business plan, we’re excited to reveal that.

THE FUTURE COULD BE BRIGHT IF WE THINK SMARTER While “shovel-ready” has been the focus of government, and there’s no shortage of budget for infrastructure projects, technology and innovation in transport and city solutions has dipped beneath the radar. ITS NZ is working to put this right.

Solving New Zealand’s transport challenges of safety, emissions reduction, efficiency and productivity of freight movements and offering better transport choices the role of innovations technology could not be more important.

Technology is integral to making good decisions, measuring outcomes and developing smarter ways to providing better access to each of these goals.

We hope you’ll join us in continuing to call for more vision, better solutions, supporting local and integrating the best of international solutions and expertise.

ITS NZ YOUNG TRANSPORT PROFESSIONALS GROWING RAPIDLY – COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS SOUGHTJust two months after launching the YTP initiative, Armin Guttke and Amy Strang are now calling for committee applications as they look to develop support for the rapidly growing initiative. The initiative has already seen over 60 people join as YTP members and registrations for the first two events have exceeded 130 people, demonstrating the increasingly high interest in ITS and Future Transport solutions. In forming the committee, they want a diverse group of enthusiastic young leaders who’ll help them achieve the vision for YTP. Developing and running exciting events, supporting careers development and sharing knowledge among those starting out in their transport careers. A great opportunity to grow your network, establish yourself as a leader and learn about the workings of an organisation like ITS NZ, from the inside. Applications are open until August 24, visit www.itsnz.org for more information.

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TESLA FOR TIWAI PITCHED

That’s the aim of EV entrepreneur Nigel Broomhall, who has more than 10 years’ experience in the EV industry, suggesting that if a Facebook page for “Tesla Down Under” gets more than 10,000 likes then he’ll help build a business-funded team and pitch the idea to Tesla.

Main power supplier Meridian Energy has been given notice to terminate its power contract by August next year.

Broomhall – who once led Meridian Energy’s EV programme - says Tiwai has 570MW of 100% renewable electricity, a commercial deep-water port designed to manage raw materials, all the electricity transmission hardware to get the energy into the site and more than 1200 skilled manufacturing staff.

He reckons a Gigafactory – possibly five times the size of the Nevada one - would involve NZ$6.9 billion investment, provide 8000 jobs, reduce or eliminate the $100m Transpower Clutha Upper-Waitaki Lines Project, and eliminate or reduce the Transpower $500-$600m investment needed across New Zealand to balance the energy surplus.

“If the Facebook page we’ve created gets to 10,000+ likes, we’ll build a business-funded team and pitch Tesla. We’ll co-ordinate across the electricity industry, local and central government,” Broomhall says.

“Here’s the team we’d pull together: Electricity industry executives, Southland community representatives, Ngai Tahu

representatives, local and central government representatives.

“Our team already has networks into the US tech industry in the EV space which we would leverage. “And we’re sure others would jump on board.

“Let’s leverage our clean and green image and use it to create jobs in a high-tech industry that aims to make the world a better place.”

Noel Thompson of Cargo Co-ordinators Shipping Agencies says he works with the Tiwai Point smelter daily and ships a lot of its product so believes a pitch to Tesla is “worth a punt”.

“I think the idea has merit. Currently, all the car carriers coming into New Zealand go out empty, or with some amount of standard packing board product, and a bit of other cargo that is car carrier friendly.

“So, space out for production is doable for sure.

“There are two port setups to handle inbound raw material – the plant’s own Tiwai Point wharf where all the NZAS raw material comes into now and, of course, Southport for containerised cargo which has a fixed day weekly international shipping service.”

Thompson reckons there’s enough power to the site, that the land cost would be cheap, but that there might be an issue with remediating the site in time.

Now that Rio Tinto is pulling the plug on its Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, what better replacement than a Tesla Gigafactory.


EV sales are returning to near pre-COVID-19 levels, increasing by 456 registrations in June to a total of 21,098.

Pandemic restrictions hit the market with just 30 more EVs and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) recorded in April compared with March, lifting to 305 more registrations in May over April.

Monthly increases exceeded 500 before the virus took off globally, and the latest Ministry of Transport figures put the situation back nearly to normal.

However, it’s a push at this rate to get near the end of year 32,000 EV target and make the former National-led government aim of 64,000 EVs on the road by the end of 2021.

Used light pure electrics went up by 217 to 11,372 registrations in June, with new light pure electrics increasing by 131 on May to reach 4463 in June.

Used light PHEVs went up by 55 to record 1834 registrations in June, while new light PHEVs rose by 53 to reach 3247.

Heavy EVs remain unchanged at 182.

June was a strong month for EV sales, with July also starting very positively, Auckland City Electric Vehicles general manager Hadley Hargadon says.

Henry Schmidt of Autolink Cars agrees, saying he thinks everyone selling EVs had a good June, with July looking even better.

He says not much EV stock is available in Japan at the moment for the New Zealand used EV market.

“I agree with GVI that new cars are not selling that well in Japan so there’s not the selection (of EVs) that we used to get before COVID.”

Hamilton Electric Vehicles dealer principal Nicholas Down says they have struggled to keep up with demand.

He says this has led to several customers waiting for new stock to arrive.

Down says it has also proved frustrating because “a tonne of sub-standard EV stock from Japan”, such as Grade 3 cars or damaged cars, are offered “but we refuse to import them in at Hamilton EV”.

Month-on-month for June and July has been about a 30% increase in sales and double that in enquiries compared with the same months in 2019, he adds.

Martin Harwood of Harwood cars has noticed EV sales pick up post COVID-19, but he says school holidays are traditionally a slow time.

He’s hoping closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter (expected August next year) will see the government divert more money into EVs.

The smelter has been heavily subsidised, especially in terms of power costs, so Harwood believes EVs could benefit, although future power prices may not be as cheap as expected.

The Nissan Leaf continues to lead the pack as the most popular EV onsite at Trade Me Motors in June.

The second most popular EV was the Nissan e-NV200, followed by the BMW i3.

“In June we started to see some positive signs that the EV market was in recovery mode, with healthy month-on-month increases in listings and watchlists,” Trade Me Motors head Alan Clark says.

“The number of EVs listed onsite was up 15% on May, while watchlist adds jumped 33%.”

Drive EV Taupo owner Steve Greenwood says June was very strong in all areas, including vehicle sales, parts and service.

“Vehicle sales were a little slow to start but then exploded from Queen’s Birthday weekend onwards.

“The start of July has been excellent so far, especially the first few days,” he adds.

“We had sold what we would expect to sell in a month in the first week!”

Greenwood says it seems like the sales missed while in lockdown have merged back into these two months.

“There was a real advantage for those who kept buying through lockdown with very few Japanese bidders on the scene.

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NEW MAKES & MODELS & USED IMPORTS

NEW EV CAR TYPES - ELECTRIC

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TESLA MODEL 3 54 232NISSAN LEAF 17 62HYUNDAI KONA 16 119TESLA MODEL X 10 28JAGUAR I-PACE 8 33MERCEDES-BENZ EQC 7 14TESLA MODEL S 4 13AUDI E-TRON 4 21BMW I 3 15VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 3 39KIA NIRO 2 8RENAULT ZOE 2 5MINI HATCH 1 1POLARIS GOUPIL 1 1HYUNDAI IONIQ 0 21LDV EV80 0 4RENAULT KANGOO 0 1FACTORY BUILT EV10 0 1FACTORY BUILT SOUZHOU 0 1

TOTAL 132 619

NEW EV CAR TYPES - ELECTRIC - PETROL EXTENDED

MAKE AND MODEL CURRENT MONTH CURRENT YEAR YTD CURRENT YEAR

MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 21 205MINI COUNTRYMAN 10 41BMW 3 SERIES 4 9TOYOTA PRIUS 4 28HYUNDAI IONIQ 3 11AUDI A3 2 5BMW X5 2 13MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 2 8VOLVO XC60 2 6VOLVO XC90 2 6PORSCHE CAYENNE 1 25VOLVO V60 1 4BMW I3 0 3LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER 0 2 BMW I 0 1FORD TRANSIT 0 1PORSCHE PANAMERA 0 1VOLVO S60 0 1

TOTAL 54 370

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NISSAN LEAF 212 1432BMW I3 2 13

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MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 43 184TOYOTA PRIUS 9 67BMW I3 3 29

OTHER 2 267TOTAL 57 547

Two brands continue their domination of new and used EV sales for June.

The Tesla Model 3 leads the new EV pack with 54 for the month and 232 year-to-date (YTD), while the Nissan Leaf takes 212 of the 215 used EV sales, according to the latest data from the MIA and NZ Transport Agency.

The Leaf is also doing well in the new EV figures, second to the Model 3 with 17 June sales but in third on YTD sales with 62.

The Hyundai Kona is only one behind the new Leaf with 16 sales for June, but is well ahead in YTD sales with 119.

Ten Tesla Model X new EVs sold in June, making it 28 sales YTD, and the Jaguar I-Pace recorded eight June sales and 33 YTD.

The Mitsubishi Outlander petrol extended electric hogged the new sales category with 21 in June and 205 YTD, the nearest contender being the Mini Countryman with 10 sales for the month and 41 YTD.

The Toyota Prius came in next at four sales in June and 28 YTD.

Over in the used PHEV category, the Mitsubishi Outlander also dominated here with 43 sales out of 57.

That all backs up EV dealer comments that June sales are strong with July looking even better.

“We have had a very strong June in all areas, including vehicle sales, parts and services,” Steve Greenwood of Drive EV Taupo says.

“Vehicle sales were a little slow to start but then exploded from Queen’s Birthday weekend onwards.

“The start of July has been excellent so far, especially the first few days. We had sold what we would expect to sell in a

month in the first week!”

Greenwood says it seems like the sales missed while in lockdown have merged back into June and July.

“There was a real advantage for those who kept buying through lockdown with very few Japanese bidders on the scene,” he adds.

“We really enjoyed picking up the gems at auction that would generally be bought within the Japanese domestic market, or be too expensive to ship to New Zealand and retail.

“The mint cars in the nice colours, top auction grades and high SOH batteries were very buyable all of a sudden.”

Greenwood says noticeably less EVs are available daily at auction already.

“So, I think we are in for some real supply issues moving forward with the lack of new car sales in Japan. Buyers should enjoy current pricing and selection while it lasts.”

Genuine Vehicle Group general manager Hayden Johnston says they are also enjoying a good volume of sales.

“And with the numbers of used vehicles for sale on Trade Me rapidly dropping [66,331 as I write this] those with stock should continue to see strong enquiry and sales.”

However, Johnston reports that buying out of Japan continues to be challenging, especially on EVs, with increasingly low numbers of quality stock at auction and prices lifting as competition for available stock increases.

“I have noticed several EV yards in Auckland looking light on stock and this will likely worsen in coming weeks.”

STRONG JUNE EV SALES SET TO CONTINUE

STEVE GREENWOOD

HAYDEN JOHNSTON

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LiveWire ride away pricing starts at NZ$53,995.

A twist of the throttle accelerates it, with no clutching or gear shifting required, and it has up to 235km range.

An optimised centre of gravity, rigid aluminium frame and premium adjustable suspension components give dynamic handling.

It can get to 100km/h in 3.0 seconds and 100km/h to 129km/h in 1.9 seconds, and the torque always on tap means roll-on acceleration for passing from any speed is outstanding.

Regenerative braking adds charge to the battery, especially in urban traffic.

The H-D Revelation electric powertrain produces minimal vibration, very little heat, and minimal noise, all enhancing rider comfort.

It is designed to produce a mechanical signature Harley-Davidson sound as it accelerates and gains speed; a new sound

that represents the smooth, electric power of the LiveWire motorcycle.

There’s no engine oil to change, and no spark plugs, air filter or primary drive to service, making the LiveWire easy to maintain. Some inspection or service of some mechanical and consumable items, such as the drive belt tension, gearbox oil, brake fluid and brake pads, and tyres, is required at recommended intervals and pre-ride.

The high-voltage battery has a five-year, unlimited-mileage warranty.

DC fast charging provides up to 80% battery capacity in 40 minutes or 100% within an hour.

All participating authorised Harley-Davidson dealers selling the LiveWire model will offer a DC charging station at their dealership.

The LiveWire motorcycle is equipped with a full suite of electronic rider aids and interfaces for a connected experience.

A 4.3-inch touchscreen above the handlebar offers the rider a wide range of information.

Seven selectable Ride Modes electronically control the performance characteristics of the motorcycle and the level of RDRS intervention.

A Daymaker LED headlamp, plus LED signal, brake and tail lamps are bright and conspicuous in traffic.

Colour options are Yellow Fuse, Orange Fuse and Vivid Black.

A selection of new accessories specific to the LiveWire motorcycle will available at the launch, including a two-up seat and tail section, a speed screen blade, decorative trim, hand and foot controls and a motorcycle cover with a charging cord port.

Many existing Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Parts & Accessories, including hand and foot controls, mirrors and Spectra Glo decorative lighting, may also be used to customise the LiveWire.

The Harley-Davidson LiveWire all-electric motorcycle is available for pre-order and will be at EV specific Harley-Davidson dealerships from September.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON LIVEWIRE PRE-ORDERS OPEN

Kirstie O’Sullivan had wanted to try an EV for a while but initially had range anxiety and didn’t know if it would fit into her family’s lifestyle.

“We have been delighted. Drive has been a perfect intro to an EV. It’s been a beautiful driving experience and now it’s hard to get back into a petrol or diesel car.

“We weren’t sure an EV would fit with our lifestyle, my office is in central Auckland and we live semi-rurally. I worried an EV wouldn’t cope with the distance and that charging would be a pain. But it’s been brilliant, and in terms of running costs, it’s a no brainer.”

O’Sullivan says driving an EV had made her more conscious of how she travelled and she has been surprised about how little energy it takes to charge her Leaf.

“We have barely noticed a difference on our power bill. I spend about $16 to every $100 I used to on petrol. We’ve had access to a courtesy car [during servicing], meaning we’ve been able to try a different make and model EV, and that’s been incredibly interesting.

“It’s been an education and it feels great putting out less emissions into the environment. We’re quite committed EV users now,” O’Sullivan adds.

O’Sullivan signed up to Drive in February, weeks before the service was put on hold for eight weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Mercury’s new brand campaign, Kiss Oil Goodbye, was also paused during lockdown and just resumed this month.

Mercury chief marketing officer Julia Jack says the new campaign encourages Kiwis to join the electric revolution through all sorts of electric transport options.

“We paused the campaign during lockdown because we felt people had enough on their plates without having to worry about giving petrol the boot.”

Jack says Drive is an important part of helping New Zealanders make the switch to electric transport as it gives people the opportunity to join the electric revolution without having to purchase an EV.

“But now things are slowly getting back to normal, we’re keen to start talking about the electric revolution again and how Kiwis can make small but meaningful steps to decarbonising transport,” she says.

“Through Drive, people get to ‘try before you buy’ and challenge some of the concerns they might have about whether an EV is right for them like range anxiety and, of course, without the upfront cost of buying a new car.

“Drive gives anyone - you don’t need to be a Mercury customer - the opportunity to experience an EV without having to outlay a big capital expense. We take care of everything, including maintenance, servicing, registration,

warrant of fitness - literally all you pay for is the monthly subscription and to charge it up,” Jack says.

“We want to make e-transport accessible to as many Kiwis as possible, which is why we’re such big fans of e-bikes, e-scooters and EVs.

I have had an e-bike for years and I love it. Once you’ve given an e-bike a go, you realise how much fun it is, not to mention the cost savings and avoiding the traffic congestion.

Jack adds that giving oil up completely is not easy and not something the company is trying to downplay. While Mercury has converted 70% of its own fleet to electric, it still has ICE vehicles where EV options aren’t available, such as utes and four-wheel drives.

“Kissing Oil Goodbye will be a process and not something everyone can do immediately, and we get that,” Jack says.

“We’re in transformation too, but we also want to get the dialogue going that switching to electric transport powered by mostly homegrown renewable energy is one of the best options for decarbonising New Zealand.”

Mercury generates 100% renewable energy across the Waikato hydro catchment, geothermal and wind, and offers customers solar.

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“Driving an EV was everything we had hoped it would be.”Those are the words from a Mercury Drive customer after getting behind the wheel of her loaned Nissan Leaf for the first time.

RESUMES EV PROMOTIONS POST COVID-19MERCURY

PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT- 1. E-BIKES ARE A POPULAR E-MOBILITY FORM.2. JULIA JACK WITH MERCURY’S EVIE THE

ELECTRIC 1957 FORD FAIRLANE.3. A GEN 1 NISSAN LEAF.


HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH

EWORLD MOVED TO MAY 2021After changing its name and format, eworld expo (previously EVworld NZ) has also changed the venue and dates.

The popular e-mobility event has been moved from October this year to May 7 and 8, 2021, and will be at The Trusts Arena in Henderson instead of the ASB Showgrounds in Greenlane, Auckland.

The organiser of eworld, Conferenz, says it believes the EV industry sector needs time to recover this year after COVID-19.

New Zealand’s premier EV and e-mobility expo is expected to attract more than 5000 people to view and perhaps test drive EVs from cars and vans to trucks, e-bikes, e-scooters e-wheelchairs and more.

There’s even an e-home section for those considering solar power, EV home charging, and smart automation.

Show specials will be offered, while awards will be presented to those who have contributed to the e-mobility industry and a special trade day preview is planned on May 7, 9am-5pm.

People who cannot make the eworld expo in person – particularly because of lingering COVID global concerns – may be able to view it through the “eyes” of a robot.

Conferenz is trialling the option of using mobile robots to enable people to view displays at the CIO Conference and tech summit here in August.

The “telepresence” remote controlled robots are gaining ground overseas for similar reasons, particularly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blue Ocean Robotics’ new GoBe Robots allow communication through a 21.5-inch screen that reproduces the user’s face in natural size.

A zoomable 4K camera and a wide-angle front camera give the “robot pilot” a clear overview of the location the GoBe robot discovers.

Trade show organisers can give remote attendees the ability to book themselves directly into the telepresence robot and experience booths and events while engaging with exhibitors.

The robots not only prevent the coronavirus’ spread but also overcome closed borders, reduce travel budgets, working hours and transport time.

“During the global virus epidemic, we have seen significant growth in orders,” GoBe Robots chief executive Peter Juhl Voldsgaard says.

The company has more than 150,000 existing users of its telepresence robots.

WORLD EV DAY PLANNEDAn inaugural World EV Day celebration of e-mobility is being launched by ABB and Green.TV on September 9.

Current and prospective EV drivers, transport authorities and fleet operators will be encouraged to recognise the crucial role which they play in driving the shift to sustainable road transport and a zero-emission future on a day of global e-mobility appreciation, ABB says.

The day will become an annual institution and will also recognise the vital role which reliable and fast charging infrastructure, grid reinforcement and the integration of renewable power generation must play in enabling a truly sustainable transport ecosystem, the Swiss-based global engineering company says.

“This is a crucial time for transitioning to a new, electrified and sustainable model for mobility,” ABB e-mobility infrastructure solutions global business head Frank Muehlon says.

“As part of ABB Electrification’s Mission to Zero, we are at the forefront of making this transition possible, and a global day which recognises and celebrates worldwide the importance of e-mobility solutions is something that ABB is delighted to be the lead partner on.”

With ABB’s expertise in electrification, and its global leadership in EV charging solutions, having sold more than 14,000 DC fast chargers across at least 80 countries, ABB says it is the perfect industry partner for World EV Day.

ABB recently received the Global E-mobility Leader 2019 award for its role in supporting the international adoption of sustainable transport solutions.

Green.TV media company founder Ade Thomas says World EV Day will serve as a day of celebrating e-mobility as a key tool in driving a decarbonised transport future for all.

World EV Day will be working with other partners and leaders in the e-mobility sector to make the inaugural World EV Day the start of an international mobility movement.

Additional partners include EV maker Mahindra Electric Mobility, UK on-street EV charging power and connectivity infrastructure delivery Liberty Charge, and electric truck manufacturer Volta Trucks.

India headquartered Mahindra Electric Mobility managing director and chief executive Mahesh Babu says: “We are proud to be associated with Green.TV in launching World EV Day, a global day to highlight the importance of sustainable mobility and to make electric mobility a preferred choice of customers across the globe.”

Polestar – Volvo’s electric performance arm – has also joined World EV Day as a foundation partner.

“We must move forward towards a more sustainable future,” Polestar chief executive Thomas Ingenlath says.

“I believe that electric vehicles are a crucial step on this journey. World EV Day is a great opportunity for us to share our message and be a guiding light for the automotive industry.”

THE EWORLD EXPO IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2021.

TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS CAN OVERCOME COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, ENABLING PEOPLE TO REMOTELY VIEW EVENTS. WORLD EV DAY IS SEPTEMBER 9.


PLUGGED IN!Stay connected to the EV community with useful links below.

Charge Net Nationwide EV charging network https://charge.net.nz/

Drive Electric Advocacy group for the EV industry https://driveelectric.org.nz/

EECA NZ government’s EV information website https://www.electricvehicles.govt.nz/

Electric Heaven NZ electric car guide http://www.electricheaven.nz/

EV Association of Aotearoa EV owners association https://www.evaa.co.nz

Flip the Fleet EV Community data sharing project https://flipthefleet.org/

NZ Electric Bikes R eview Independent electric bike reviews https://electricbikesnz.com/

NZ EV Podcast Monthly podcast about EVs https://www.podcasts.nz/nz-ev-podcast/

EV OWNERS FACEBOOK GROUPS – ONLINE CHAT GROUP FOR THE NZ EV COMMUNITY

Nationwide NZ EV Owners https://www.facebook.com/

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groups/291373964545996/Bay of Plenty EV Owners https://www.facebook.com/groups/

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Central Otago Lakes https://www.facebook.com/ EV Owners groups/521978908249518/

Christchurch EV Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChristchurchEVGroup/

Dunedin EV Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/403816650002889/

ELECTRIC ISLAND WAIHEKE https://www.facebook.com/evisland

INVER-ELECTRIC-CARGILL https://www.facebook.com/groups/250609535293325/

Manawatu EV Owners https://www.facebook.com/groups/1847252468838484/

Naki EV Owners Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/375210949597565/

Nelson Tasman EV Owners https://www.facebook.com/groups/365895557107117/

Northland EV Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/northlandEVgroup/

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Wellington EV Owners https://www.facebook.com/groups/WellyEV/

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Huntly

Raglan

Ruakura & Mt Maunganui

Te Rapa

Akaroa

Pigeon BayLyttleton

Tekapo

Kumeu

Halswell

Geraldine

Waipukurau

Woodville

Kaitaia

Taipa Beach

Kerikeri

Hawera

Levin

Dannevirke

Hokitika

Ranfurly

Winton

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Tirohia

Te Kaha

Whanarua Bay

Papamoa

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Murchison

Amberley

Wharekauhau

Stratford

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Waipara

Reefton

Westport

Franz Josef

Fox Glacier

Haast

Kaiwaka

Warkworth

Matakohe

Waiomu

Waihi

Dunedin

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Waitakaruru & Kopu

Wairakei

Atiamuri

Reporoa

Murupara

Seddon

Ward

Spring

Creek

Kaikohe

Te Araroa

Tongariro

Otaki

Opononi

Gisborne

Taupo

Ohaupo

Hamilton

Morrinsville

Cambridge

Matamata

Tokoroa Rotorua

Upper Hutt

Carterton

Havelock

Picton

Stanley Brook

Christchurch & Burnside

Rolleston

Riccarton

Haruru Falls

Russell

Pukenui

Waitiki Landing

Coopers Beach

Rototuna

Claudelands

Tirau

Whakapapa

Ohakune

National Park

Taumarunui

Blenheim

Waiwera

Takanini

Miranda

Newton

Coromandel

Panmure

Albany &

Rosedale

Rangitaiki

Fast Charger Locations

Destination Charger Locations

Tesla Charger Locations

Waitiki Landing 9049 Far N Rd, Te Hapua 0484 Pukenui Houhora Fishing Club, 4126 Far Nth Rd Coopers Beach Four Square, 9 Coopers Dr Kaitaia Te Ahu, 28 South Rd Kaitaia Pak’nSave, 111 North Rd Kerikeri 1 Butler Rd Opononi Four Square, 29 SH12 Kaikohe Library Carpark, 14 Marino Pl Kawakawa 4 State Highway 1 Tikipunga Paramount Plaza, 1 Wanaka St Whangarei 11 Alexander St Raumanga McDonalds, 130 Tauroa St Dargaville Totara St Park, 113 Totara St Kaiwaka 1 Kaiwaka-Mangawhai Rd Warkworth New World, 6 Percy St Warkworth BP, 67 Auckland Rd (SH1) Orewa New World, 11 Moana Ave Silverdale 17 Hibiscus Coast Hwy Albany The Warehouse, 186 Don McKinnon Dr Rosedale McDonalds, 14 Constellation Dr Kumeu New World, 110 Main Rd Henderson Pak’n’Save, 224 Lincoln Rd Akld CBD Vector, 21 Hobson St Beach Rd Z Station, 150 Beach Rd K Road Tesla, 501 Karangahape Rd Newmarket 1 Gillies Ave Greenlane McDonald’s, 320 Gt Sth Rd Pakuranga BP, 322 Pakuranga Rd Botany Downs Z Station, 550 Te Irirangi Dr Akld Airport Shopping Ctr, George Bolt Mem. Dr Akld Airport Z Skyway, George Bolt Mem. Dr Takanini 30 Walters Rd Takanini Pak’nSave, 345 Great South Road Coromandel 44 Woolams Rd Whitianga 4 Lee St Tairua Carpark, 6 Tokoroa Rd Pukekohe King Street Carpark, 56 King St Pukekohe Counties Power, 14 Glasgow Rd (Bus hrs) Waiuku Kitchener Rd Carpark Thames 505 Mackay Street Whangamata 100 Hetherington RoadHampton Downs Gate 1, Motorsport Park Te Kauwhata 16 Wayside Rd Waihi New World 35 Kenny St Huntly Countdown, 18 Tumate Mahuta Dr Morrinsville New World, 79/89-97 Thames St Te Rapa WEL Networks, 114 Maui St Rototuna Countdown, 160 Peachgrove Rd Matamata New World, 45 Waharoa Rd Hamilton Tesla, The Base, Te Rapa Rd Hamilton Countdown, 551 Anglesea St Claudelands Coutdown, 160 Peachgrove Rd Hamilton Caro St Carpark, 7 Caro St Hamilton Countdown, 4 Bridge St Ruakura Waikato Innov. Pk, 9 Melody Ln Raglan 43 Bow St Tirau 3 Station St Mt Maunganui Bayfair, 19 Girven Road Mt Maunganui New World, 1 Tweed St (25 kWh) Cambridge 73 Queen Street Pirongia Four Square, 270 Crozier St Te Awamutu 10 Scout Lane Whakatane i-Site, 30 Quay St Opotiki i-Site, 70 Bridge St

Te Kaha Te Kaha Bch Res, 3 Hotel Rd Te Araroa 22 Rata St (25 kWh) Rotorua 1134 Haupapa St Tokoroa New World, 72 Bridge St Matawai 6522 Matawai Rd Tolaga Bay 43 Cook St (25kWh charger) Te Kuiti New World, 39 Rora St Murupara Pine Drive Car Park, Pine Dr Taupo Firestation, 1 Kaimanawa St Taupo Tesla, 1 Kaimanawa St Gisborne 21 Gladstone Rd Morere Hot Pools, 3968 SH2 (25 kWh) Rangitaiki Lodge Café, 3281 SH5 Turangi 1 Pihanga Rd New Plymouth 66 Courtenay St Opunake Business Centre, 23 Napier St Wairoa 75 Queen St Putorino 5466 State Highway 2 National Park Four Square, 4354 SH4 Ohakune New World, 30 Ayr St Taihape New World, 12 Huia St Te Haroto Mc Vicar Rd, 4237 SH5 Waiouru Cnr SH1 & Hassett Dr Hawera Pak’nSave, 54 Princes St Napier 206 Dickens St Hastings 100 Queen St W Mangaweka Papa Cliff Café, 2 Koraenui St Whanganui Pak’nSave, 167 Glasgow St Waipukurau 34 Russell St Dannevirke 24B Gordon St Woodville i-SITE, 43 Vogel St Palmerston Nth i-SITE, 126 The Square Palmerston Nth Tesla, 365 Ferguson St Levin New World, 21 Bath St Otaki New World, 155-163 Main Hwy Paraparaumu Kapiti Pak’nSave, 132 Rimu Rd Raumati 15 Raumati Rd, Paraparaumu Paekakariki 7D Wellington Rd Paekakariki Masterton Queen Elizabeth Park, 3 Dixon St Porirua 2 Serlby Pl Featherston SuperValue , 42 Fitzherbert St Upper Hutt 24 Queen St Lower Hutt Dowse Art Museum, 1 Stevens Gr Wellington Grey St Parking Petone Z Station, 60 Hutt Rd Te Aro Z Station, 174 Vivian St Te Aro Barnett St Carpark, 11 Barnett St Te Aro Inglewood Parking, 68 Inglewood Pl

Fast / Super Charger Locations – North Island

Fast / Super Charger Locations – South Island

Takaka 16 Willow St Havelock Four Square, 68 Main Rd Motueka New World, 271 High St Karamea Four Square, 103 Bridge St Nelson i-SITE, 81 Trafalgar St Nelson New World, 73 Vanguard St Richmond Library, 11 Mcglashen Ave Spring Creek 2226 SH1, Blenheim 7202 Blenheim Pak’nSave, Springlands Ward Flaxbourne Café, 7326 SH 1 Westport New World, 244 Palmerston St Reefton Four Square (25 kWh) 47 Broadway Greymouth 13 Tarapuhi Street Kaikoura 51 West End Kaikoura New World, 124 Beach Road Hokitika New World, 116 Revell St Culverden 27A Mountain View Rd Amberley Countdown, 123 Carters Rd

Rangiora Pak’nSave, 2 Southbrook Rd, Northwood New World, 2 Mounter Ave Harewood Raeward Fresh, 800 Harewood Rd Addington Z Station, 40 Moorhouse Ave Halswell New World, 9 Nicholls RdChristchurch Tesla, The George Hotel, 50 Park Tce Rolleston New World, 90 Rolleston Dr Lincoln New World, 77 Gerald St Little River 4235A Christchurch Akaroa Rd Rakaia 41 Bridge St Ashburton 109 West St Tekapo Lake Tekapo Tavern, SH8 Fairlie Opp. 53 Main St Geraldine Cox St Carpark, 14 Geraldine-Fairlie Hwy Temuka New World, 185 King St Twizel Events Ctr, 61 McKenzie Dr Timaru 26A North St Omarama 2 Sutherland Rd Omarama Tesla, Hot Tubs, 29 Omarama Ave Kurow Wynyard St Wanaka 42 Ardmore St Queenstown Tesla, Remarkables Park Town Athol St 9 Athol St, QueenstownFrankton Pak’nSave, 302 Hawthorn Dr Cromwell i-SITE, 2 The Mall Waimate 125 Queen Street Oamaru Eden St Carpark, 3 Eden St Ranfurly 31 Charlemont Street Alexandra 9 Thompson Street Hampden 33 Lincoln St Nth Dunedin University of Otago, 71 St David St Dunedin Filleul St Carpark, 193 Moray Pl Mosgiel New World, 10 Hartstonge Ave Milton Four Square, 207 Union St Roxborough 22 Jedburgh St Lumsden Four Square, 14 Diana St Lawrence Four Square, 19 Ross Pl Winton New World, 293 Great North Rd Gore New World, 8 Irk St Balclutha 23 Charlotte St Invercargill 116 Esk St

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