We predicted that the BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora Cat would be game changers for NZ & Australian consumers. Why did we get it so wrong?

We can look to other markets to nudge consumers to make cleaner vehicle choices. The best legislation is more carrot, and less stick.

FED is not a meant to be a duty that should influence vehicle efficiency or emissions, but in fact it does, because it penalises fuel effici

5 star ANCAP is awarded without real consideration for other users. “I”, the driver am safer in a 5 star car than “you”, the other road user

Regular readers of this blog will know that we think that BEVs are too expensive. Local automotive business heads seem to want to specify...

The Clean Car Rebate has been a huge success. There will be opponents who would argue that it is flawed, and at Boost Auto we would...

In April electric vehicles sales (NEV) reached 20% of the share of passenger vehicles by fuel type up from 3.4% just 12 months ago. This...

19 Automotive predictions - Part 1 of 2

In a recent trip to New York I was bowled over by the amount of courier van traffic and by the amount of cargo cycle e-bike deliveries...

Boost Auto Explainer Have you ever rented a trailer only to discover that your new vehicle can't actually tow the rented trailer? If the...

Most of us don’t fully remember high school physics, just some of the basics. But it’s the basics that help us understand how long it...

Boost Auto was talking to a large corporate a couple of weeks ago about their fleet, and their desire to be lower emissions and greener....

boost blog #10 In 2007 Apple launched the iPhone. At the time the smartphone category didn’t really exist. BlackBerry insisted that...

boost blog #8 In the EU there is a classification of cars called Quadricycle, and some countries allow licence holders as young as 14 to...

boost blog #7 In retail land, talking to sales execs about EV customers will often reveal a pen portrait of customers that are highly...