David Crawford
Low income families get chance to get new EVs
As you heard earlier, low-income families who scrap their old car will get funding to buy a low-emitting vehicle in a $569 million scheme announced yesterday. It's one of the measures forming the… Audio
Rush on gas guzzlers before clean car rules introduced
It was pedal to the metal last month as buyers raced to snap up gas guzzlers - utes and SUVs - ahead of the high emissions vehicle fee introduced this month.
Motor Industry Association figures show… Video, Audio
More New Zealanders driving bigger gas guzzlers
New Zealanders are driving bigger cars, travelling further, and emitting more carbon dioxide as they go.
A tenth of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions comes from private transport.
In the… Audio
Big upheaval with landmark Climate Chance Commission plan
New Zealand is heading for a major upheaval under a landmark plan to combat the climate crisis - but the sectors in line for the most serious change are already showing signs of resistance.
The… Audio
Motor Industry Association not fond of timeline to phase out petrol cars
The Motor Industry Association fears the timeline proposed for phasing out the import of new petrol vehicles is too ambitious.
The Climate Change Commission has published a blueprint for combatting… Audio
New car sales down by a fifth in 2020
New car sales were down by more than a fifth in 2020. And while that's a little better than the Motor Industry Association anticipated last May, when it thought sales would be down by about a third… Audio
Holden closure won't leave customers high and dry
The Motor Industry Association's chief executive believes Holden won't be leaving any customers high and dry.
General Motors says it will "retire" the Holden brand from sales, design and engineering… Audio
Springboks rumoured to be joining Six Nations
The Motor Industry Association's chief executive believes Holden won't be leaving any customers high and dry.
General Motors says it will "retire" the Holden brand from sales, design and engineering… Audio
Car Importers worried about extra cost to ship to Northland if Port goes ahead
Car importers say cars could cost hundreds of dollars more if they're brought into the country via Northland instead of Auckland. The government is considering a report that's recommended moving Ports… Audio
New Zealanders are buying more electric cars
New motor industry figures show a total of 605 electric and plug-in hybrids vehicles were sold in September. The numbers were boosted by the first significant numbers of the base model Tesla reaching… Audio
New vehicle sales expected to be down for 2019
Annual growth in new vehicle sales has disappeared indicating a further softening of consumer demand. Audio
Who's Up at 5am? David Crawford, North Carolina, USA
This morning for our 'Who's Up' - which is a segment where we hear from other early birds like us and our listeners - we spoke to David Crawford from the US. David Crawford is a keen shortwave radio… Audio
Motor industry responds to electric import discount plan
Heavy-polluting vehicles could soon be slapped with an import fee, with the revenue going towards subsidising clean, green vehicles, a government proposal reveals. The Motor Industry Association… Audio
Govt considers widening unsafe car import ban
The government is considering banning all cars with less than a three-star safety rating. Motor Industry Association chief executive David Crawford joins us with his thoughts on the matter. Audio
Signficant drop in new vehicle registrations
The number of new vehicle registrations has dropped significantly, in yet another sign of a slowing economy. Audio
Vehicle sales dipping
The latest new vehicle sales figures are offering another indication of slowing consumer demand. Audio
Hurricane Florence slows, but grows over US East Coast
Hurricane Florence is slowing slightly, but growing in size, as its outer edges lash the eastern coast of the United States. Six nuclear power plants are in the path of the storm, which FEMA says is… Audio
Motor industry flat out as airbag recall drives up business
Owners of cars fitted with potentially lethal Takata airbags face wait-times of up to ten days to get them replaced following the compulsory recall just two weeks ago. The Alpha-type airbags, thought… Audio
Government announces compulsory airbag recall
The motor industry says it will be challenging to replace more than 50,000 potentially deadly airbags in cars over the next year-and-a-half. The government has issued a compulsory recall of the… Audio
Motor Industry Association urges faulty airbag recall
Faulty airbags yesterday spurred Australia's federal government to issue a compulsory recall for nearly three million cars - the largest in the country's history. But New Zealand's Transport Agency is… Audio