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Minister defends EV subsidy

Climate Change Minister says the subsidy combats New Zealand’s reputation of ‘ambivalence’.

Julie Iles Mon, 14 Jun 2021

Minister for Climate Change James Shaw has defended the government’s new feebate policy that offers a range of $1000 discounts on imported hybrids, electric vehicles, and even some low-emitting petrol-powered vehicles.

When asked by the NBR, Shaw accepted criticisms that the policy is, at

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