... Famous last words. Despite hating every minute of reading the new posts, I have made a few contributions to the NZEVA section of diyelectriccar.com...
Whilst this racing electric cars may be seen by some as useful in reversing the dowdy image of this method of propulsion, it really misses the main point that...
Peter, You need to do a proper carbon footprint analysis before you can claim that motorsport is a profligate user of energy (which, given the huge number of...
Dear All, The Institution of Professional Engineers (IPENZ) Pickering Lecture 2008 is called "Plug in New Zealand - Switch on to Electric Cars", and is being ...
Dear All, This is the text of the joint Meridian Energy/Mitsubishi announcement of their electric vehicle trial for early 2009. I've also attached a PDF of the...
It's an electric version of the current iCar, which retails for about $17k, so will be interesting to see what the retail price would be. Clever packaging of...
Dear All The stats on the MIEV that I have derived from the media releases etc are below. Whether they are accurate is another thing entirely. Vehicle Model ...
The Vectrix ebike and the Greenstage electric race car are on display at the New Zealand Speed Show in Auckland this weekend. See http://www.greenstage.co.nz...
Went to the show yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, the only person on the stand was the designer (can't remember his name, doh!), who admitted he knew...
It would appear that Hyundai will be the first manufacturer to field an electric car in New Zealand. Story: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4706706a13.html Press...
I understand that in the past Thunder sky was less than supportive of its product. The early LiCoO2 and LiMn02 versions had reliability problems. However this...
... I bought Thunder Sky LiFePO4 cells via Blade Electric Vehicles in February on the understanding that there was no warranty outside China. I've just started...
... Galbraiths) ... interested ... venue ... Hi Ive just joined, we have set a Importing company for LiFEpo4 batteries from Lifebatt and some other electric...
Second session NZEVA ChCh Open Garage. 107 Normans Rd 7-8:30pm Tue 7th Oct. Come and see our vehicle / (maybe vehicles if the ute gets its Cert B4.). Everyone...
... Yes, I've been meaning to suggest that too. They plan to be open in the middle of October. http://www.formulae.co.nz I'm trying to get my electric mini...
The start-up http://www.fireflyenergy.com/ spun off from Caterpillar is finally advertising for international distributorships. This technology seems very...
Come along and chat electric cars at Warwick Stevens garage. His 1991 Electric Ford Festiva is very impressive and almost ready for cert. David Newton's...
Hi, Those with some spare time should consider making a submission on the item below. We wouldn't want electric vehicles being charged RUCs due to skipping the...
from the 1980s and NEEV electric truck and all the initial research i did for evs run the NZ electric vehicle club for 5 years and still interested in evs. a...
EVs already have to pay RUCs in NZ, which costs more than the electricity to charge them. The current system of a flat rate per km does little to encourage...
... There are two problems with the RUC & ACC levies. First, very efficient petrol cars burn very little petrol and so pay very little tax, which makes the RUC...
I wrote to Jeanette Fritsimons, who took the matter up with "her advisors" about this issue, (I pay the same for my diesel car that weighs 1000kg as a 6 ton...
I know there is at least one ev here with a generator in the boot not paying RUC. I suggest we should just do it. If I have to pay RUC's my prius may be ...
Hi, Interesting points from all BUT The point of my email was notifying you of the opportunity to participate in the Government's request for feedback to them...
George the problem is that the amount of road damage is not directly related to the fuel used eg one big articulated truck doing a sharp turn on the tar seal...
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