NZ major corporates commit to electric vehicle fleet expansion

NZ major corporates commit to electric vehicle fleet expansion
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Thirty of New Zealand's largest companies are committing to at least 30 percent of their corporate fleets being electric vehicles by 2019. The initiative represents some 1,450 vehicles - a 75 percent increase in the total number of EVs on New Zealand roads today. It coincides with an unheralded government decision to begin procuring EVs for the public sector in quarterly tranches from the end of this year in an effort to bulk up demand for either fully electric or plug-in hybrids capable of...