The biggest motoring stories in 2021 (Part 1) stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With battery-powered vehicles primed to become more significant in New Zealand, local work is under way to resolve one perceived environmental problem from these green machines: what to do with exhausted electric car batteries and what are the options in respect to replacement and recycling? It’s a big subject. BIG is onto it. That’s the Battery Industry Group, originally the Battery Leaders Group when convened in late 2018 – you can see why they changed; BIG is such a great acronym – whose primary job is to help inform the context for responsible end-of-life management of large batteries, primarily those in electric vehicles.
EVs: Don t mistake a speed bump for a roadblock msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In its first draft advice delivered to the government in February, the Climate Change Commission recommended the widespread adoption of electric vehicles, with 'no further internal combustion engine light vehicles imported after 2032'. Gareth Shute asks if this is actually feasible.
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