Simon Bridges says that the absorption of VE is too slow

The National Party criticizes the fact that the government uses electric vehicles in its park, saying it takes too much time.

Fuel taxes contribute significantly to the National Land Transport Fund.
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But the government reacted by saying it was progressing faster than National in nine years at the helm of the country.

Opposition leader Simon Bridges said the Labor-led coalition was a government "Do what you say, not what we do".

Indeed, he has added only 135 electric vehicles to his fleet of vehicles since taking office.

"The reality of this government is that they have done virtually nothing about electric vehicles, even if they want to further tax New Zealanders," said Mr. Bridges.

"When I was Minister of Transport, we saw the number of electric vehicles increase exponentially, but this was done through a positive plan including many initiatives, without imposing on New Zealand citizens." daylight.

Mr. Bridges criticizes the government's plan to impose a tax on high-emitting cars, while subsidizing the cost of clean vehicles.

Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford said that as of October, new vehicles purchased by government agencies are expected to emit 20% fewer pollutants than the current average of his fleet.

He said the coalition's efforts were a significant improvement over the previous government.

"They only made 224 electric vehicles in nine years," said Twyford.

"We have only reached 135 goals in the last 18 months, and our policy has not even been implemented yet."

Twyford said the national climate change critic, Todd Muller, had broadly endorsed the government's policy, even though Simon Bridges had not done so.

"Unlike the opposition, we are serious in the fight against climate change," he said.

"We are currently proposing modest and practical policies that will allow a wide variety of cleaner cars, commercial vehicles and vans to be available and affordable for Kiwi families and medium-sized businesses.

"We are talking about discounts of up to $ 8,000 for electric vehicles and it will make them more affordable for more people.

"Even Todd Muller supports politics and thinks the last government should have done more."