EV vs Petrol - costs and emissions

With transport emissions in the sights of the Climate Commission and government, a new study finds driving a used electric car is cheaper in the long term than even a new petrol car.

The Climate Commission says to reach our climate change commitments under the Paris agreement, at least half of all car imports need to be either full plug-in EVs or plug-in hybrids within six years, and the majority of kiwis to be driving electric by 2035.

Currently there are only around 25,000 full EVs out of four million cars on the road. Lynn speaks with Dr Arif Hasan lead author of the study which compared the costs and emissions of electric and petrol powered cars, and co-author Professor Ralph Chapman, Director of Victoria University's Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies.