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Dot Loves Data says EV sales could overtake petrol and diesel by next year

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 14 Nov 2022, 7:05pm
Photo / NZ Herald
Photo / NZ Herald

Dot Loves Data says EV sales could overtake petrol and diesel by next year

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 14 Nov 2022, 7:05pm

The days of new petrol cars could be numbered.

Dot Loves Data analysis shows numbers of registered electric cars have soared from just over 4 thousand in 2018 to more than 13 thousand by September this year.

Hybrid and electric sales could overtake petrol and diesel as early as mid-next year.

Government director Justin Lester says conversely, sales of new petrol cars have been dropping.

He says they peaked in October 2017 at around 24 thousand but have been on a steady decline since.

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