Public transport decarbonisation
Supporting the uptake of zero-emission public transport buses.
Public transport decarbonisation
The Government plans to significantly increase the number of public electric vehicle chargers across New Zealand, aiming for a network of 10,000 public charge points by 2030.
Concerns about ‘range anxiety’ and the availability of publicly accessible charge points continue to be barriers to electrifying the vehicle fleet. Accelerating the rollout of public charging infrastructure can address these barriers and enable electric vehicle uptake.
The work to date
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Apr 2024
Announcement of Supercharging EV Infrastructure work programme
To achieve this goal, Cabinet has agreed to:
- Development of a new co-investment model to maximise private investment in charging infrastructure. This will include developing a cost-benefit framework, consistent with the National-ACT Coalition Agreement.
- Reducing red tape and regulation, including removing the requirement for a resource consent for the installation of public EV chargers.
- Enabling standards to improve consumers capability to shift home EV charging demand away from network “peaks”.
- Working with the Electricity Authority on addressing barriers such as connection costs and ensuring consistent approaches to EV charging connections across all 29 electricity distributors in New Zealand.
- Establishing a Cross Agency Taskforce including, the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, the Ministry of Transport and EECA (the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority), and Crown Infrastructure Partners to drive the work programme and engage with industry.
The Ministry of Transport has proactively released the advice and Cabinet materials that supported Cabinet’s April 2024 decisions on the Supercharging EV Infrastructure work programme.