Planning for electric vehicles

What we've done

In 2016, the Government launched a cross-agency programme to speed up the uptake of EVs and support the decarbonisation of the transport sector.

Since then, NZTA has:

Defined a vision for a nationwide public EV charging infrastructure network.
Led the development of nationwide guidance for EV charging infrastructure.
Established EVRoam, a live database of EV charging infrastructure in New Zealand.

Statistics on the number of EVs in New Zealand(external link)

Enabling a nationwide network

Our vision is for nationwide coverage of public EV charging stations every 75kms across our state highways. Learn more about our work to enable a nationwide network.

Guidance for EV charging infrastructure

Are you planning to install an EV charger? Find nationwide guidance for public, private, or commercial EV charging infrastructure.

EVRoam

EVRoam is a live database of New Zealand’s public EV chargers. It collects real-time information from all safe and monitored public chargers around the country and freely distributes the data.

An EV is powered by a battery that is charged by connecting to an external source of electricity. There are two main types of EV: battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

Clean Car Discount

The scheme ended on 31 December 2023

Tools for planning and decision-making

We collect transport journey data across multiple sources that is useful to network planners and decision makers in the transport and electricity sectors.

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