Would-be EV owners are flocking to dealers around the country and rushing to get their applications in for the clean car rebate, ahead of its demise on December 31.
Anyone applying for the rebate on the Waka Kotahi website is met with a message that it could take up to 20 working days to process, but the agency says applications file before the 31st will be processed.
The end of the Clean Car Discount, although not unexpected, has disappointed advocates - including lobby group Drive Electric - which wrote to new Transport Minister Simeon Brown about the expect effect of ending the policy and urged a staged phase-out.
Kathryn speaks to Drive Electric chair Kirsten Corson, director of Auckland City EVs Nick Jackson and Aimee Wiley, CEO of the Motor Industry Association.
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