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Minister of Transport
To
further encourage the uptake of electric vehicles to reduce
emissions, the Government has extended the Road User Charges
(RUC) exemption for light electric vehicles saving Kiwis
around $800 a year, Transport Minister Michael Wood
announced today.
Electric vehicles are exempt from
paying road user charges that normally apply to vehicles
that don’t pay for petrol at the pump. This exemption has
been extended until 31 March 2024 as part of the Government’s
Clean Car Package.
“Our Government is continuing
to take action to tackle transport emissions to meet our
2050 carbon neutral target – part of this is helping Kiwis
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New EVs like the Peugeot e-208 already take advantage of the Clean Car Discount. Now owners won’t have to pay for road user charges until 2024. In addition, the Government is boosting the Low Emission Transport Fund by nearly four times by 2023 to continue to grow the nationwide EV charging network. Electric vehicle chargers are already available every 75km along most state highways. “Given there are over five times the number of electric vehicles registered on our roads since we came to office, and this is likely to grow even faster with our new policies, we will need to look closely at any further extensions to the exemption for light electric vehicles,” Wood added.
Press Release – New Zealand Government
To further encourage the uptake of electric vehicles to reduce emissions, the Government has extended the Road User Charges (RUC) exemption for light electric vehicles saving Kiwis around $800 a year, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today.
Hon Michael Wood
Minister of Transport
To further encourage the uptake of electric vehicles to reduce emissions, the Government has extended the Road User Charges (RUC) exemption for light electric vehicles saving Kiwis around $800 a year, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today.
Electric vehicles are exempt from paying road user charges that normally apply to vehicles that don’t pay for petrol at the pump. This exemption has been extended until 31 March 2024 as part of the Government’s Clean Car Package.
New Zealand introduces incentives for low-emission vehicles
From July, the New Zealand government will subsidise the purchase of new electric cars and plug-in hybrids with up to 8,625 New Zealand dollars (around €5,100). The incentives also include pre-owned zero-emission vehicles.
The programme is financed by introducing new levies on vehicles with high emissions, making it a bonus-malus scheme. According to
the Guardian, this will make an imported Toyota Hilux – one of New Zealand’s most popular off-road vehicles – 2,900 New Zealand dollars (about 1,700 euros) more expensive.
The new system is based on recommendations of the New Zealand Climate Change Commission. The commission had recently suggested to the government that the share of electric vehicles in new registrations should reach 50 per cent by 2029 and 100 per cent by 2032 to meet the emission targets for the transport sector.