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EV boom hits the brakes – Newsroom He says in the space of a couple of years, electric vehicle sales have slumped, with the blame trail leading straight to Wellington. The Government scrapped the clean car discount, introduced EV road-user charges, and, most recently, weakened the clean car…

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EV boom hits the brakes – Newsroom He says in the space of a couple of years, electric vehicle sales have slumped, with the blame trail leading straight to Wellington. The Government scrapped the clean car discount, introduced EV road-user charges, and, most recently, weakened the clean car standards. “Government ministers would say they didn’t think it was working – they would probably say, look, the market share is way down, that’s proving Kiwis don’t really want electric vehicles, but I think the Government has … really leveraged the politicisation of EVs to their advantage,” Harvey tells The Detail. “And they haven’t shown leadership in a technology that is actually going to save Kiwis money.” https://iamnotadoctorbut.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/ev-boom-hits-the-brakes-newsroom/