EV Data: Sources and Definitions
Definitions
- EV – Anything with a plug (BEV and PHEV) – as per Waka Kotahi’s definition.
- BEV – Battery Electric Vehicle (full electric, no combustion engine).
- PHEV – Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle (a battery that can be charged externally, as well as a combustion engine).
- Hybrid – Plugless (the MVR databases have various classifications for this).
- Light vehicle – A vehicle under 3,500 kg and a type of PASSENGER CAR/VAN or GOODS VAN/TRUCK/UTILITY. Includes cars (sedans, SUVs, hatchbacks, etc.), small vans (like a Toyota Hiace), and Utes (Ford Ranger, etc.).
- New vs Used Imports – All vehicles registered in NZ are imported built up. Some have been pre-owned (typically in Japan or the UK).
- Vehicle Segmentation criteria – based on FCAI.
Data Sources
Attribution
“New Zealand vehicle fleet open data sets” by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, used under CC BY 4.0 License. Data was modified for analysis purposes.
NZTA Waka Kotahi
- NZ Fleet Open Datasets: Link.
Ministry of Transport
Some of the data is not great (e.g., all BMW i3, IX3, IX, etc., are all registered as BMW I), so there’s a bit of work to make things understandable.
