Drive Electric, the not-for-profit with one mission – making electric vehicle uptake in New Zealand mainstream, welcomes the announcement by the Government today as a sign of what’s to come through 2021, and we are confident that New Zealand can show leadership and have coordinated transition away from fossil fuel vehicles.
Mark Gilbert, Chair of Drive Electric says, “The standards being proposed for 2025 have already been met in other comparable markets, like the EU and Japan, and must be achievable here.”
“The standard is a useful tool in that it asks importers to look at the portfolio of vehicles they are importing, which should increase low emissions choice across a range of vehicle types and price points. With more EVs coming into New Zealand, this also increases the second-hand market over time.
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New Zealand sets world’s toughest CO2 target
New Zealand sets world’s toughest CO2 target
January 28, 2021
Kiwi government unrepentant but car industry says 40 per cent reduction by 2025 is too severe
The New Zealand motor industry has branded the Ardern government’s proposed CO2 emissions reduction target of 40 per cent by 2025 as “the most aggressive and severe in the world” and says it looks impossible to achieve given the close ties to the Australian market where no such initiatives are in place.
The Kiwi government announced today that it was moving quickly to introduce a Clean Car Import Standard to reduce emissions and the fuel costs of motorists, setting a target of 105 grams of CO2 per kilometre for motor vehicle distributors to achieve across their respective model range by 2025.