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Electric vehicle market 'slowly developing'

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Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 15 Mar 2016, 11:29AM
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Electric vehicle market 'slowly developing'

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 15 Mar 2016, 11:29AM

The Government is being urged to invest more in electric vehicles so more will come onto the market.

Vector has been rolling out more charging points for electric vehicles.

However, Nissan has recently withdrawn all their electric Leaf models from sale, because they're too expensive and sales were not high enough.

Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association secretary general Christina Bu said rapid charging of electric vehicles was partly funded by the government in Norway at first.

LISTEN ABOVE: Christina Bu speaks to Mike Hosking

"But now we see that this market is slowly developing, and we see now that some of the biggest operators are also putting money into this themselves."

Bu said nearly 100,000 electric cars are now on the roads in Norway.

SEE ALSO: Mike's Minute: Electric cars not the future

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