Since 2016 electric car prices and models in nz have improved.
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These tend to sit in the high teens to low 30s in terms of price with the current generation car here as a new.
Someone travelling the nz average of 12 500km every year would spend about 2500.
Even though evs can be more expensive to buy they re far cheaper to run and maintain than petrol cars.
Later leafs got bigger batteries and better ranges and are now the better choice.
This ground breaking newcomer combines two of the fastest growing automotive trends zero emissions and electric motoring with bold and roomy suv style.
Second hand evs are imported from the uk and japan.
Click here to compare evs total cost of ownership to fossil fuel powered vehicles.
The census shows over half of new zealand households have two or more cars suggesting many could own a cheap electric car and keep a long distance fuel car.
If they were driving an electric car they d pay only about 500.
In the uk and japan evs get tax breaks and other financial incentives which are passed on to new zealand buyers.
Because evs need very little maintenance even one that has clocked 10k is almost like new.
The all new kona electric is the first electric compact e suv has arrived in new zealand.
To see how functional they are in day to day life the aa motoring services team got behind the wheel of two pure electric vehicles evs and the first long range e car available in new zealand.
Electric vehicles were initially seen as being too expensive to purchase especially if buying new but we can now offer an ev to suit every budget.
Electric vehicles are here now.
In new zealand you can buy electric vehicles from a lot of traditional car dealerships.