To date this year, 1,003 EVs had been registered, compared with 500 in 2015, bringing the total number of EVs in New Zealand to 2,029, Transport Minister Simon Bridges said Tuesday. The number of electric vehicles ( EVs ) registered in New Zealand during 2017 has reached 1,003 , twice the number in the whole of the previous year , according to Transport Minister Simon Bridges . The numbers are good news for the government , which aims to have all EVs on its roads by 2021 . The rise in EVs has come from an increase in imported vehicles , and Bridges said the influx will " 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 2017 has reached 1,003 , twice the number in the whole of the previous year , according to Transport Minister Simon Bridges . The numbers are good news for the government , which aims to have all EVs on its roads by 2021 . The rise in EVs has come from an increase in imported vehicles , and Bridges said the influx will " diversify the range of EVs on offer and make them more affordable and accessible for a wider range of people and businesses . "