Hayden Paddon writes…. Getting the EV ready for its Waimate debut

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So, next weeks Waimate 50 (Fri-Sun 22-24 October 2021) is a significant event for the Paddon Rally Sport team and…

Electric Vehicles approved for motorsport in New Zealand

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MotorSport New Zealand has released the first version of its electric vehicle guidelines which will enable electric vehicles to compete…

Why my next ‘car’ will either be V8 or rotary-powered.

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OK, you’d think that, a someone who effectively ‘writes about cars’ for a living, I’d be one of these so-called…

Podcast Saturday: Is hydrogen, rather than electric, the future for big-engined machinery?

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That is the key question heading into a low (or zero) carbon future. Forget about your electric vehicle (EV), the…

Govt. stumbles over Thursday deadline for EV rebates scheme

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Like so many other Kiwis I had high hopes for Jacinda Ardern and her new-look Labour government.  Freed, at the…

How Porsche could save motorsport

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PORSCHE could very well be one of the saviors of motorsport as we currently know it. While the automotive world…

‘Petrolheads Unite!’ The future of our pastime is under threat

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Look, I don’t mean to scare any of you – particularly those with tender sensibilities – but the day is…

Podcast Saturday: Hayden Paddon talks with Dirtfish on the future of rallying

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In the latest episode of SPIN, The Rally Pod, DirtFish’s Colin Clark embarks on a quest to discover what three…

Are friends electric? How a night at the drags helped change my mind about a future without the internal combustion engine

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Seriously. The LAST place I expected to have the ‘scales of my bias against electric cars fall from my eyes’…

It’s about the production and not the delivery

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“The Government is proposing to make electric, hybrid and fuel efficient vehicles more affordable so New Zealand families can choose…