9 May 2023
Driving New Zealand Forward: Future Proofing the Automotive Industry
The Motor Trade Association (MTA) is calling on the next Government to address several serious challenges facing the automotive industry.
Driving New Zealand Forward: Future Proofing the Automotive Industry, MTA’s strategic publication, was launched at Parliament 9 May 2023, in a function attended Associate Transport Minister Kiritapu Allan, Green Party Transport Spokesperson Julie Anne Genter, National Transport Spokesperson Simeon Brown, and ACT Transport Spokesperson Simon Court.
The publication lays out challenges faced by the automotive industry and how the next Government must address them including:
- Phasing out the Clean Car Discount
- Deferring the Clean Car Standard
- Resetting the Warrant of Fitness
- Expanding the Green List
- Mandating emissions testing
- Accelerating EV training.
Copies of Driving New Zealand Forward: Future Proofing the Automotive Industry are available on request , or can be viewed below.
Left to right: MTA at Parliament, MTA CEO Lee Marshall, Wayne Cook and MTA President Bob Boniface
Left to rght: Associate Transport Minister Kiritapu Allan, ACT Transport Spokesperson Simon Court, Green Part Transport Spokesperson Julie Anne Genter and National Transport Spokesperson Simeon Brown
