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Electric cars and trucks can earn money by injecting power back from their batteries, with new technology
$2,000 per car per year is the estimated value to the New Zealand electricity system that electric vehicles (EVs) could deliver by sending power from a car’s battery back to a house, building or to the grid during electricity demand peaks, such as in cold winter evenings. The value to the electricity system from ‘Vehicle-to-grid’…
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Fairness and equity? Road User Charges and the link between climate change and road maintenance
$1.7 billion has been provided so far towards state highway and local road recovery from the 2022 North Island Weather Events, Waka Kotahi NZTA has told the New Zealand Minister of Transport in its Briefing to the Incoming Minister, publicly released on 1 February 2024[1], with more funding needed. The Agency also told the Minister…
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Electric Vehicles can save New Zealanders $15 billion
A new study on Electric Vehicles (EVs) shows a more rapid uptake of EVs could save New Zealanders $15 billion in vehicle, fuel, and carbon emission costs by 2050. View study The study by Concept Consulting and Retyna shows there is both an economic opportunity and an environmental imperative to accelerate EV uptake: The study…
