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// Honda and Sony team up and will begin selling EVs in 2025
Honda, the lads that bought you VTEC, and Sony, the boys who bought you the PlayStation, are starting a new…
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// MG Motor announces NZ prices for facelift ZS EV
MG Motor New Zealand has just announced pricing for the facelift 2022 MG ZS EV SUV which will begin dealer deliveries in the third quarter of this year.
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Mazda’s most popular model in New Zealand, the CX-5, gets a facelift for the 2022 model year.
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// Big battery for Huntly
A 35MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to help charge EVs and back up the grid will be built in Rotowaro Road in Huntly starting July 2022,
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A National Government – if elected next year- may repeal nearly all new taxes introduced under the Labour Government, says National leader Christopher Luxon.
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