Motorcycles may be eligible for a Clean Car Discount in the future. Under the newly announced government policy, motorcycles were omitted from the plan which will give people buying electric vehicles discounts of up to $8625 for a new vehi; Read More
Volvo is laying the foundations for a very different motoring future, and the new XC40 model is part of its grand plan. David Thomson explains. What’s new?The addition of a plug-in hybrid to Volvo’s ; Read More
Members of the Ashburton Car Club are seeking space they can use for club events over the next few months while their home grounds recover from flood waters. The club house and grounds are on Wakelins Road, just off the Methven highway, wh; Read More
SPEEDWAY New Zealand’s night of nights will be held in Christchurch on July 10 and both X Factor Cars Riverside Speedway and Sievwrights Oreti Park Speedway have produced finalists across several categories. Riverside Speedway has had a ye; Read More
New eco-friendly car . . . Waimate Mayor Craig Rowley takes a Toyota RAV4 hybrid for a test run. The Waimate District Council has bought two hybrid cars. The council introduced the hybrids to replace two petrol; Read More
Farmers and tradies say the government's clean car package is an unfair tax on them as no alternatives are available for their work vehicles. From next month, people buying new or used imported electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids will be ; Read More
The final report from the Climate Change Commission has been released, with a key recommendation being a ban on the import of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles from the early 2030s. Transport creates about 47 percent of New Zealand's carbon emi; Read More
Waikuku’s Robbie Stokes and co-driver Amy Stokes convincingly won the 2021 Canterbury Rally. This was despite a failing alternator at the end of the final stage. The family pairing won all the previous six special stages of the one; Read More
Great South is trying to better understand why Southland residents have one of the lowest rates of vehicle ownership in the country.Strategic Projects general manager Steve Canny said the Southland EV ownership rate sat at just 0.75 vehicles; Read More
Kathy and Hamish Mackenzie, of Jacks Point, with their 1930 Ford Model A coupe ahead of the Irishman Creek Rally, which departed from Alexandra on Saturday. PHOTO: SHANNON THOMSON It is a test of man and machine. ; Read More
