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86,687

Total battery electric motor vehicles in the fleet

Updated: 1 June 2025 at 9:30 am

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142

Road deaths for the current year to date

Updated: 1 June 2025 at 9:30 am

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17.50%

Greenhouse gases emissions that are transport-related (Calendar year 2022)

Updated: 25 November 2024 at 10:01 am

49.51b

Vehicle kilometres travelled (Calendar year 2023)

Calendar year 2023

1

hour is the average amount of time New Zealanders spend travelling each day (2019-2022)

Updated: 26 January 2024 at 2:19 pm

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34%

Percentage of New Zealanders (15+ years old) who used public transport in the last year

Updated: 4 May 2023 at 6:39 pm

20.02M

Tonnes transported annually on the NZ rail network

Updated: 4 May 2023 at 6:33 pm