New Zealand-new electric cars and plug-in hybrids will get cheaper from today, under the Government’s recently unveiled subsidy. Yet since they require fewer materials, less lithium and electricity, an e-bike’s overall footprint can be 10 times smaller than an electric car, an independent international study found. “There’s plenty of evidence of huge uptake of them at the moment.”E-bikes are already the most popular electric vehicle – more than 47,000 were imported last year, more than the total number of electric cars on the road. If you’re buying brand new, an electric car will qualify for a payment of $8625 and a plug-in hybrid for $5750. Used imports also qualify, though the payments are smaller: $3450 for a fully electric vehicle and $2300 for a plug-in hybrid.

Source: Stuff June 30, 2021 16:52 UTC