Kerbed[30.08.24]
Welcome to week 53 of Kerbed! A few bytes to get you through the weekend and into…
another week. Spring this weekend. Yay.
This week… Uber launches its next phase of personal mobility domination, petrol cars are
about to get RUC’d, the value of EV imports plummets, and there are compliance issues for
Hiace minibuses. We hear about another huge EV fire (this time Rivian gets slammed), there
is yet another decrease in retail vehicle sales, BMW and Toyota expand their hydrogen
partnership, and there’s a fee hike coming for getting a vehicle towed (or rather – carried on
the back of a small truck). Yet another French firm exits Australasia (this time Renault – must
need the money to prop up the F1 Alpine team), ANCAP flags a few safety concerns about
specification differences with Honda (These guys just dropped $15B into ‘Merica), Hyundai
doubles down on its Hybrid offering, and the Financial Services Federation hits a milestone.
We find out how smaller car rental companies can increase revenue, MTA celebrates
Tyrewise, rental fleet sales are still below pre-Covid norms (“norms?” …Really?), Honda
unveils its new EV range We end on the old rental stalwart… the Nissan Sentra.
Kerbed[19.07.24]
Welcome to week 48 of Kerbed! A few bytes to get you through the weekend and into… next week. This week… Vehicle spending slides…. again, the government is seeking feedback on the second emissions reduction plan (yes, we are submitting on this) and AA says cooler conditions are increasing flat battery callouts. There’s was an ex-vehicle inspector in court recently, we find out that cheaper EV’s are on the way ex China (queue the Japanese used imports offloading pattern over the last 30 years – consumers beware) and AMI launches a roadside rescue subscription for all motorists, (the RVA uses NZRA folks, for… reasons). Kia launches its new affordable sedan to replace the Rio, NZ inflation drops nearer to the target (phew) and Drive Electric raises concerns about the Clean Car Standard. Fleets are recommended to take a practical line on EV potential, we find out that the most efficient car in the world is an EV (no, really…?), and MG’s new HG SUV is soon heading to our shores. We end with Audi hedging its bets on electric vehicles, the Government finally reducing spending on traffic management overkill (yay fewer pesky road cones….!) and Audi (again) is finally ditching those fake exhausts!
TAKING A PRACTICAL LINE ON EV POTENTIAL
While electric vehicles are facing some serious challenges, fleet operations should not give up hope on the eventual advances and improvements that will make EVs more feasible to run than ICE vehicles, according to a recent session at the International Car Rental Show. Led by Sharky Laguana, the president of the American Car Rental Association, the April 16 presentation started out acknowledging some painful and widely publicized realities for rental fleets and othe
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