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IN OTHER NEWS
// Dunedin Auto Centre wins AA national title
Dunedin has taken out the Automobile Association’s Auto Centre of the Year award, leading a clean sweep for South Island branches.
// Value of imported vehicles grows
The value of imported vehicles, parts and accessories came in at $808 million in April, up $110m or 16 per cent from the same month a year ago, according to new figures from Stats NZ.
// FMA boss stepping down
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has announced chief executive Samantha Barrass will not seek re-appointment when her five-year term concludes at the end of January 2027.
// Offers to ease financial pain
Nissan has launched two initiatives it says will assist more Kiwis to get behind the wheel of a model-year 2026 X-Trail.
// How 30% of NZ’s vehicle fleet could outmuscle every power station in NZ – report
New Zealand’s growing electric vehicle (EV) fleet could do more than just replace petrol and diesel cars, EVs could potentially become one of the country’s largest energy storage systems.
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INTERNATIONAL EV NEWS
// Critics Claimed PHEVs Don’t Make Sense. Toyota Just Proved Them Wrong
We’ve all heard the story. Plug-in hybrids suck because people don’t actually plug them in at home or at the office, making them less efficient than a conventional hybrid. As it turns out, however, that’s not really the case—at least not in the United States and a few Canadian provinces.
ONE LINERS
- BMW sends off the G80 M3 with a manual-equipped CS we can’t have
- Mansory-tuned Lamborghini Revuelto wears a woodgrain-inspired carbon fibre body
- Volvo CEO thinks buyers will return to wagons
- Happy Birthday Hilux! TNZ celebrates 50 years of Hilux in New Zealand
- Hyundai Tucson recalled over braking issue
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