{"id":6273,"date":"2017-09-18T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T01:09:57","slug":"what-is-an-ev-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/what-is-an-ev-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an EV lane?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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 An EV lane<\/strong> is reserved for electric vehicles and any other vehicles marked on the sign, for example, vehicles carrying two or more people (T2<\/a>), heavy vehicles, motorbikes, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priority bypass lanes on motorways allow drivers of certain vehicles to jump the queue. A trial between September 2017-2018 was completed in Auckland whereby EVs were allowed to use 11 T2 and T3 lanes, even if they only have one occupant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government did this to encourage EV uptake, and it could end up being too successful<\/a> which is why it was only for 12 months from September 2017. The other irony is that by forcing petrol and diesel-powered vehicles to wait, air pollution will not be improved in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is an electric vehicle?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the purposes of this trial, an electric vehicle means a plug-in electric vehicle, not a hybrid. This means the likes of the Nissan Leaf, any Tesla, BMW’s i3 or i8, VW e-Golf, Hyundai Ioniq and Renault Zoe. Drivers of hybrids that have a petrol engine which charges the battery are not eligible. Drivers of vehicles such as the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV which can plug in but also has a petrol motor are eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owners of eligible electric vehicles received a sticker in the mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On-ramps that had EV lanes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n