The number of electric vehicles (EVs) registered in New Zealand's during 2021 has reached 64,000 , twice the number in the whole of 2016 , according to Transport Minister Bridges . The figures are good news for the government, which aims to have 64,000 EVs on its roads by 2021 . The rise in EVs has come from an uptick in imported vehicles, and Bridges said the influx would "diversify the range of EVs on offer and make them more affordable and accessible for a wider range of people and businesses."
The number of electric vehicles (EVs) registered in New Zealand during 2016 has reached 1,003, twice the number in the whole of the previous year, according to Transport Minister Simon Bridges. The figures are good news for the government, which aims to have 64,000 EVs on its roads by 2021. The rise in EVs has come from an uptick in imported vehicles, and Bridges said the influx would "diversify the range of EVs on offer and make them more affordable and accessible for a wider range of people and businesses."