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// Dealers ordered to pay back CCD rebates on nearly 200 EVs
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) reckons that nearly 200 cases involve car dealers pocketing EV subsidies of up to $7000 an EV under the Clean Car Discount (CCD) then breaking the law by selling them on too quickly.
- AutoFile says Dealers told to repay rebates
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// Tyre firm in liquidation owing almost $550k
Mackenzie Country Tyres 2014, which traded as Carters Tyre Service in Fairlie and Goodyear Autocare in Twizel, has been placed in liquidation after it was unable to pay Inland Revenue debts which reportedly amounted to about half of its $548,750 debts.
IN OTHER NEWS
// Lodestone’s second solar farm operational
Solar generator Lodestone Energy’s second utility scale solar farm called Rangitaiki near Edgecumbe in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is now producing power.
// Jaguar Land Rover says hydrogen ‘not ready’ for cars
Whilst the research and development of hydrogen vehicles is a concept most often associated with the likes of Toyota and Hyundai, they aren’t the only ones investing in the space.
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INTERNATIONAL EV NEWS
// Toyota supersizes battery in fuel-cell semi, teases formula for pickups
Hydrogen fuel-cell tech can be optimized for range and hauling needs with more battery capacity, Toyota suggests with a revamped semi.
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