The New Zealand Government has announced funding of $NZ3.87m for 19 projects to promote and support the use of electric vehicles, and car rental company Jucy is planning a fleet of electric campervans. The Government’s funding has been made under round four of the government’s Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund. Applications for funding under round […]
Electric cars – a new source of portable power
New Zealand power company and the Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland have teamed up to use electric cars as a means of easily supplying electricity for temporary student accommodation during a two-day festival. Vector says it will use a ‘Vehicle to Home’ (V2H) system to draw power from two Nissan Leaf G2 electric cars […]
EV usage surges – bringing charging challenges
NZ power company Vector says the uptakeof electric vehicles in New Zealand is sky rocketing: it is reporting a 190 percent increase in electric vehicle (EV) charging sessions in the 12 months to June, but this might not be entirely good news, and this growth adds urgency to some pressing issues raised in two reports […]
