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// Audi makes good over Q3 registration error
Audi New Zealand is making good to 146 customers who purchased a Q3 SUV believing it had a 1.5-litre engine with a seven-speed transmission but was actually powered by a 1.4-litre engine mated to a six-speed gearbox.
- AutoFile says Marque makes engine blunde
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// Former Audi CEO sentenced in VW emissions scandal
Former chief executive officer of Audi, Rupert Stadler, has been given a suspended sentence
- AutoTalk says Dieselgate sentence for former Audi AG boss
- Stuff Motoring says Ex-Audi boss convicted of fraud in automaker’s diesel emissions scandal
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// Aston Martin partners with Lucid to build EVs
Aston Martin has partnered up with American electric carmaker Lucid Motors as part of a £2 billion ($NZ4.1 billion) transition from petrol-powered supercars to luxury EVs.
- Stuff Motoring says Aston Martin partners with hot shot American electric start-up
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// 11,000 home solar batteries to add 30MW to electricity grid
Ara Ake and SolarZero are collaborating on an innovative winter 2023 peak solution for electricity -enabling 30MW of additional network capacity on-demand.
- EVs and Beyond says Solar energy sharing trial approved
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// National wants EV owners to pay road user charges
National has made it clear that it will make EV owners pay road user charges if it gets elected later this year.
// Turners ranked 7th in top ten retailer list
Turners Auto Group has been ranked as the country’s seventh most powerful publicly listed retailer by Stuff.
INTERNATIONAL EV NEWS
// Volvo To Adopt Tesla’s NACS Charging Inlet For BEVs In North America From 2025
Volvo Cars is another automaker that officially announced a switch from the Combined Charging System (CCS1) to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard
// Solid-State Batteries Get Another Step Closer — “Breakthrough In Stabilization”
Solid-state batteries have been hyped as the next big era of batteries for at least a decade. But there’s always “just one more thing” that needs to be fixed.
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IN OTHER NEWS
// More EV chargers coming
Europcar is installing more EV chargers at its key locations across New Zealand so it can process EV rentals even more efficiently for customers,
// Long-serving industry figure resigns
Euan Philpot has stepped down as director and CEO of JEVIC NZ, and as chairman of VINZ.
// Solar panel boost for EVs
Study asks whether people with solar installations are more likely to buy electric cars and, if so, why.
// What we know so far about Toyota’s ‘groundbreaking’ hybrid ute
Details relating to the powertrain of Toyota’s first hybrid-powered Hilux,
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- Singer unveils stunning 934/5-inspired DLS Turbo
- Tesla Wellington temporary move
- Port scoops safety prizes
- Students turn Skoda Enyaq into an office/camper
- Not only is BMW making an M5 Touring, but it will be electrified
- 2024 BMW X1 lineup gains powerful 229-kW M35i variant
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