Welcome to the 2025 Boost Auto annual predictions. What can we expect for the year ahead? CCS pain, more expensive vehicles and a price war!

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?

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At Boost Auto we are prepared to have a small wager that most Dealer Principals do not fully understand their CRM (Customer Relations...

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

Regular readers of Boost Auto articles know the author has a disdain for EVs with very large batteries. These heavy and expensive...

There are many things that Tesla does differently; they seem happy to tear up the automotive playbook. The author doubts that they were...

Spring. It brings warmer weather, an election, a change of government, continued stock supply constraints, a softer market, and more...

In September Tesla registered over 1000 cars. That might not sound a large number, but for over 12 months, Model 3 has outsold BMW 3 and...

At a recent aftersales conference for a market-leading brand, we polled three questions among the participants. These questions are...

The recent changes to the Clean Car Rebate were a reminder, if one were needed, that we live in an automotive world where things can...

Our annual predictions are now the best read and quoted articles and blogs that Boost Auto produces. They are created and curated from...

What was the largest purchase you’ve made online? Whiteware probably, or furniture, maybe a used car via TradeMe or even a Tesla. We live...

Before looking at predictions for 2023, it is worth noting a few of the milestones that affected the local market. There are many more...

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...

The Road to a Sale sometimes sits in a proverbial forgotten corner. This often mentioned seldom used road is a highway to sales success...

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...

Learn about entrepreneur and engineer William Sommers' vision to create an EV that runs on tea.

Covid-19 is coming again. Only this time it is surging. At the time of writing there were 2365 new cases. Omicron is more infectious and...