There are currently only around 1,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in New Zealand, and that number is not set to grow quickly as Nissan has now withdrawn its global best-seller, the electric LEAF, from the NZ market. The company said it was disappointed by Nissan’s decision, but would continue to sell the car locally until a new model could be introduced. For its part, Nissan does not believe continuing to sell the Leaf in New Zealand is a commercially-sustainable proposition. The New Zealand Government is still developing a package of measures to boost the uptake of EVs, which it had originally hoped to announce before Christmas, however Manley said he understood the measures would be "very soft".
There are currently only around 1,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in New Zealand, and that number is not set to grow quickly as Nissan has now withdrawn its global best-seller, the electric LEAF, from the NZ market. The company said it was disappointed by Nissan’s decision, but would continue to sell the car locally until a new model could be introduced. The New Zealand Government is still developing a package of measures to boost the uptake of EVs, which it had originally hoped to announce before Christmas, however Manley said he understood the measures would be "very soft".