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// Toyota confirms pricing and specifications for all-electric Hilux BEV
Toyota New Zealand has confirmed local specifications and pricing for the all-electric Hilux BEV.
- Driven Car Guide says Toyota NZ reveals local pricing for Hilux BEV
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// Banned after illegal lending
Ilaisaane Malupo, trading as Nane Easy Loan Finance Services NZ, has been banned from participating in the financial-service industry for 24 months after providing personal loans to south Aucklanders illegally.
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// Ferrari’s EV reveal slashes $9 billion off its value overnight
Ferrari’s share price took a sharp drop following the reveal of its first all-electric model, the Luce, yesterday, wiping more than NZ$9 billion off the carmakers value.
- Stuff Motoring says Expect this car to become New Zealand’s first $1 million EV
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// Ford’s Ranger development boss on next-generation electrification: ‘We’re looking at everything’
Is pure-electric (BEV) power on the cards for the next-generation Ford Ranger? The answer is not a “yes”. But it’s also not a definite “no”.
- Driven Car Guide says Ford NZ will surely follow Australia with a BYD-Shark 6 beating price for Ranger hybrid
- AutoTrader says Where’s the electric Ford Ranger?
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// GAC Aion UT lands in NZ, priced to please?
The GAC Aion UT is the newest electric vehicle on the market, launching today in Auckland.
IN OTHER NEWS
// Maxus launches in NZ with electric truck and bus focus
A new Chinese automotive brand has launched in New Zealand with a strong focus on electric commercial vehicles, including battery-electric trucks and buses.
// New electricity market rules aim to boost competition
The Government says new electricity market rules will create a more “level playing field” for smaller power retailers by preventing the country’s four largest generators from favouring their own retail businesses.
// Stewart Island solar project underway
Construction has begun on a major solar energy project on Stewart Island aimed at reducing the island’s reliance on diesel-generated electricity and lowering power prices.
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// China Is Turning Against The EV Gimmicks It Helped Popularize
Chinese car owners use and view their vehicles differently from people in the West. It is very common for passengers to take a nap in a moving car in China, which is why many vehicles offer heavily reclining seats that almost turn into beds.
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- Hybrid joins Seltos range
- Lotus Emira 420 Sport unveiled as the lightest and most powerful Emira yet
- 2026 BMW M3 CS Handschalter revealed as ultimate manual send-off – but NZ misses out
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