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Liam Dann: How will NZ drive economic growth in the next decade? Why mining won’t cut it
OPINION: The next wave of global economic growth will involve electricity, Liam Dann says.
Editorial: Data centre deal shows potential future for New Zealand
OPINION: Could NZ's economic future lie in storing other country's data?
Why Americans are not buying more EVs
Financial Times: Tariffs on Chinese imports could reduce competition and increase costs.
Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms
OPINION: 'We've got unavoidable trade-offs to make,' says Shane Jones.
'Distressing': Car dealer closures 'likely' as sales fall for fifth straight month
'Even more daunting than the peak of the Global Financial Crisis.'
Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape
OPINION: Immigration NZ delivers 'a brilliant gem of bureaucratic lunacy'.
Road user charges: 12,000 renegade EV owners now face fines
About 11 per cent of EV owners failed to pay up by the May 31 deadline.
RUCs for EVs: Many yet to sign up, with deadline just days away
The move will roughly double EV owners' running costs.
NZTA tells dealers to repay Clean Car rebates on almost 200 EVs
Dealers pocketed subsidies of up to $7000 per vehicle, then sold them on too quickly.
Government to slash road user charges for plug-in hybrids
Plug-in hybrid owners will pay less in road user charges after a change of heart.
Oops! Govt MPs vote for wrong amendment, accidentally cut proposed taxes for hybrid cars
Labour and the Greens are chuffed Govt MPs accidentally cut taxes for hybrids.
The cost of an EV will plunge sooner than predicted - but there’s a catch
Electric vehicle sales have levelled off lately after a surge in 2023.
Government's road transport budget means big changes for roads
The Government's $20b transport plan will fundamentally change our transport system.
Tesla airborne for 28m during crash that killed young lawyer
Tesla then skidded 60m into bank, slid, smashed through pole, rolled, court hears.
Apple steers away from ambitious electric car project
The dream of owning a self-driving electric car made by Apple may be over.
Editorial: No free ride - EV owners must pay their share
OPINION: Electric cars' long-time exemption from road charges expires on April 1.
Revenge of the Prius: Hybrid cars stage a comeback as EV sales slow
New York Times: US sales of hybrids were up 65 per cent to more than 1.2m last year.
EV owners: RUCs will cost us twice what petrol car owners pay in fuel tax
EV owners are happy to pay road user charges but say it works out double the petrol tax.
$1000/year to drive your EV: Road user charges for electric vehicles from April
The other shoe has dropped. How it will work.
Tesla dethroned as EV sales boomed in final month of Clean Car Discount
An industry boss wants clarity as EV owners get set to pay Road User Charges.
Power to the people as American solar rooftop use grows
About 4.5 million homeowners in the US now have solar rooftops.