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// Sena hits 2 Cheap takeover target
Deal set to proceed after shareholder acceptances for offer pass key threshold.
- AutoTalk says Sena clears 90% threshold in 2 Cheap Cars takeover bid
- Autofile says Directors repeat takeover support
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// Wuling has picked a New Zealand distributor, source says
A New Zealand distributor has been selected for Wuling, a source says, a week after the Eksion EV electric SUV cleared Australian Design Rule certification. GM ANZ will not handle the brand.
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// Only a handful of EVs can feed the grid, EECA’s first V2G report finds
EECA’s first Queenstown vehicle-to-grid trial report finds V2G support in New Zealand limited to a handful of models, mostly on a trial-only basis, with only two compliant chargers and export tariffs just emerging.
// Digital driver licence rejected by 70% of submitters
Most submitters to an NZ Transport Agency consultation say they would not use a digital driver licence, with privacy, reliability and access emerging as the leading concerns.
// Dealership cops $170k penalty
Upper Hutt business sentenced after paying migrant workers about $11 an hour.
// Land-transport rules updated
Changes include more electronic services and paper WOFs becoming optional.
// New deputy chair for agency
Governance veteran and former Toyota NZ employee to take up role from start of next month.
// Change in Kia dealers
Ignition Motor Group to pass on Whanganui baton to David Jones Motors.
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// When self driving cars crash, who gets the blame?
For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about whether our Electrek readers who should be held responsible when AI fails, and people get hurt. After nearly 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us.
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- Bentley unveils new showroom format for its 220-plus retailers
- Ford NZ’s MD moves on
- Only a handful of EVs can feed the grid, EECA’s first V2G report finds
- Stellantis patents a way for burning EVs to drop their battery and drive away
- Lamborghini: Speed alone no longer makes a supercar
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