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Ioniq: the Workhorse of the Nz-New EV Fleet P9 - 11 NZ’S NEWS SOURCE FOR ELECTRIC, INTELLIGENT AND AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTATION JANUARY 2020 .CO.NZ Is RUC right for EVs? p7 - 8 Championing the EV cause p23 - 24 Ioniq: The workhorse of the nz-new EV fleet p9 - 11 Drive your business forward with Call Steve Owens now on 021 947 752 NEWSTALK JAPAN VS THE WORLD - WHO IS RIGHT? he start of a new year and a new different environmental regulations.” by Vern Whitehead decade makes this time of the year On the subject of battery electric Publisher Tmore interesting than most. vehicles he asks: “Are there really It’s often a time for resolutions and customers who truly want them? I’m not crystal-ball gazing, but we’re going so sure because there are lots of issues will be a crop of smaller, to look only at one auto industry regarding infrastructure and hardware. lower-range EVs competing contradiction - are the Japanese car I do not believe there will be a dramatic against luxury brands such as Tesla and makers correct in believing the electric increase in demand for battery electric Volvo. Can the two markets co-exist? car is merely a passing fad? vehicles.” “We hope so, because small city cars also It has been obvious for a long time to CleanTechnica says many will be need to transition to EVs. And it could help industry observers that many Japanese disappointed by Hachigo’s attitude bring the mass market affordable EVs manufacturers have been super slow to “which seems too timid to embrace the needed for global markets,” Electrek says. join the world shift to EVs. challenges presented by an overheating “Regardless, it is not helpful for Mazda But now the Japanese have dropped all world, particularly since internal to make misleading claims about the pretence of being impartial in the world of combustion engines are a significant relative environmental benefits of EVs EVs vs ICE (internal combustion engine) factor in the rise in global temperatures”. and diesel-powered cars. And it creates a power and have come out swinging: Soichiro Honda, the man who founded the foul smell around Mazda’s first EV, which • Honda’s CEO sees nothing but company that bears his name, never took otherwise looks like a fun ride.” piston power from here to eternity. such a timid approach to the future. He Who is reading the market best? The • Mazda goes even further, claiming propelled Honda on to the world stage with Japanese car makers or the rest of the that long-range EVs are worse for a bold gamble on Formula One competition world? CleanTechnica. CO2 than diesel cars. in the 1960s, adds There is no way to settle the argument • Nissan - with the notable exception “The history of commerce is littered other than to let things play out, and let of its electric Leaf - and the world’s with the carcasses of companies that Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” work its largest car maker, Toyota, are not too changed the world, and then became magic. much different. resistant to change. Honda may well be The “invisible hand” is a term coined by So who is correct? Do the Japanese the next to join the pantheon of once Scottish economist Adam Smith in his OEMs know something that Volkswagen great companies that are now little book The Wealth of Nations in 1776. He and the European, American and Chinese more than echoes in the well of history. suggested that if people were allowed to “If the company is right and piston power manufacturers are missing? trade freely, self-interested traders would is to be the norm for decades to come, This is a far from academic question for compete – leading markets to a positive the human race will be seeing the face Kiwi dealers with our reliance on the output aided by an invisible hand. of eternity sooner rather than later and Japanese auto industry for an on-going All the best for an interesting year and that’s the reality that Hachigo refuses to supply of quality used imports. What if decade ahead. face,” says CleanTechnica. there is only ever a limited number of In the meantime, Mazda sees its all- used EVs to choose from in Japan? electric MX-30 crossover - due to be But first the arguments fromTakahiro sold in Europe from early this year - as Hachigo, Honda Motor Company’s chief needing only a 35.5kW battery, enough executive, who recently shared his views for about 260km of range. on the future of the global auto industry Mazda Europe chief with Automotive News Europe. Yasuhiro Aoyama His take? More efficient manufacturing, told Automotive News Europe: “We based the battery size on the needs of more autonomous driving systems, and Honda sees hybrids and pistons as its future pistons - lots and lots of pistons. The our target customers who are young future of motoring is about efficiency, urban buyers. Given the importance Hachigo-san believes, and he sees hybrid of minimising CO2 penalties, we will powertrains as the route to that efficiency. start selling it in Europe first. As far as By 2030 he expects two thirds of his cars other countries are concerned (America to be hybrids. He makes no mention of included) we are still in a study phase.” them having plugs. “The objective is not Aoyama says another Mazda EV is not electrification per se, but improving fuel being considered for the next five years. efficiency,” says Hachigo. “And we believe Electrek says that Europe, where smaller urban subcompacts are more popular, will hybrid vehicles are the way to meet The Mazda MX-30, but no more be a fascinating litmus test this year. There Mazda EVs till 2025 2 | EVTALK JANUARY 2020 | www.evtalk.co.nz NEWSTALK EVS AND BEYOND CONFERENCE KICKS INTO GEAR 30.8% on 2018) and EVs are projected to reach nearly 60% of the new vehicle market share in 2020. Waiheke Island EV numbers have climbed to more than 150 from 60 a year ago. GVI Electric loaned the island four EVs to give residents a chance to drive them, more than 125 people and companies so far taking up the opportunity. Residents also use electric bikes and e-scooters to get around the island, often hiring them. Three taxi companies now run EVs on Waiheke, an EV bus fleet is planned, and ferries are likely to switch to electric as well. Electric Island Waiheke is also helping Vector (aided by Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority funding) with the establishment of 80 smart EV chargers Electric Island Waiheke’s official launch in November 2018 in homes and eight public fast chargers, along with a mobile EV charger for the he EVs and Beyond conference on (excluding dinner) over the two-day island’s AA roadside assistant service. Waiheke Island on March 16 and 17 conference is included in the $450 So, the island is well on track to achieving Tis shaping up as a must attend. registration fee. its electric goal, the conference expected The inaugural conference at the Representatives of various ride and to contribute. Waiheke Island Resort has national and car sharing businesses, EV charging Contact Deborah at deborah@ international guest speakers covering the companies like YHI – a platinum automediagroup.co.nz for more outlook for EVs, incentives, automated sponsor for the conference - and others information and to register your interest. and connected transport, car and ride will be in attendance. sharing, micro-mobility, clean power, EV The conference idea charging developments and much more developed after the of interest to EV followers. Norwegian Electric Vehicle It’s brought to you by EVtalk in Association secretary- association with Drive Electric, general Christina Bu Intelligent Transport Systems NZ and launched the Electric Island Electric Island Waiheke – the latter Waiheke project a year aiming to make Auckland’s popular ago while on a visit to New island fully electric by 2030. Zealand. Free public open days feature on the The association is the preceding Saturday and Sunday (March world’s largest EV owners’ 14 and 15) with displays around solar group, representing more power, home EV charging, smart homes than 50,000 owners. and transport, plus a record attempt for Norway continues to set the most Nissan Leafs in one place. EV records, with 60,316 EV tours and a “tent theatre” covering EV- pure electric cars sold related topics are also provided. there in 2019. That’s out All this, along with food and beverage of a total 142,381 cars (up Russell Bowden of GVI with one of the Electric Island Waiheke EVs EVTALK JANUARY 2020 | www.evtalk.co.nz | 3 NEWSTALK EVWORLD NZ CHANGES NAME AND FORMAT he eworld expo is coming on Then there’s “ebike world” comprising October 30-31. OEMs and e-bike importers and TThe name has been changed from distributors. EVworld NZ to better represent all forms A dedicated e-bike test track will again of e-mobility and associated sustainable feature, with the opportunity to test ride a technologies for the home and consumer. wide variety of electric bikes. It’s still at the ASB Showgrounds in Safety gear like smart helmets will be on Greenlane, Auckland, and retains the EV display too, while the latest battery tech Champions Awards but adds a whole host for e-bikes and associated infrastructure of other “e”-related events and items. will also be available. “The EVworld show has been re- A closely linked but separate “escooter imagined into an event covering many world” will be dedicated to other forms of facets of all things electric,” organiser micro-mobility.
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