New Zealand enters the Electric Car Race
September 19th, 2008 |
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Meridian Energy, a company from New Zealand has revealed its electric car plans. It intends to manufacture New Zealand’s first electric cars for sale within a few months. Meridian Energy has entered into a deal with a Japanese car manufacturing company for the purpose.
This comes at a time when car owners around the world have started feeling the pinch of increasing petrol prices. They are open to the idea of getting themselves car that runs on electricity instead of guzzling gas and destroying the environment. According to K. J Kells who works with Meridian Energy as the electric vehicles program leader the time of electric cars has arrived. New Zealand’s citizens are going to be prepared for this new technology through a series of public lectures that are going to be organized by the Institute of Professional Engineers.
Meridian Energy did not expect the high level of demand that they are staring at right now. In fact one of the challenges for them would be supplying enough cars to satisfy the demand. The success of electric cars would depend upon the support of the Government as well, incentives and subsidies would be vital in determining the fate of electric cars in New Zealand.
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