In 2021 the New Zealand government started subsidizing electric and hybrid vehicles. Despite this the top 10 best selling makes are the traditional internal combustion engine cars. Had the subsidy kicked in at the beginning of 2021, we might have seen Tesla make this list. Data Source Table contains a list of the top ten cars in all 12 months of 2021. The number for each car make is the total number of registrations in 2021. Make Count TOYOTA 29437 MITSUBISHI 20152 FORD 17279 KIA 10151 MAZDA 9258 NISSAN 8611 SUZUKI 8126 HYUNDAI 8120 VOLKSWAGEN 5452 HONDA 4110 How we determine vehicle popularity We make the assumption that registrations indicate popularity. Registrations in a single month may not accurately reflect a vehicle’s overall popularity but can accurately reflect popularity when considered over a period of a few months. As always, don’t forget to check out our services and products page DEOL Car Solutions. For additional information Contact us by filling out the contact form or send us an email or for that matter call us. […]
what is Cash For Cars?
We give a history of “cash for cars” to explain how it began and what it means today. We explicitly define “cash for cars” for future reference. To the best of our knowledge this is the first such attempt at a formal definition of “cash for cars” and it will have major implications for second hand car owners and the industry. […]
Good coal Bad Cars
Importing more than a million tonnes of coal last year has had the same impact as adding about half a million passenger cars to the NZ fleet for a year. The current rate at which electric vehicles are being added to the NZ fleet, it would be at least until 2025 when we could see half a million EVs on NZ roads. […]
Lessons from the 2009 vehicle scrappage trial
In 2009 the Ministry of Transport, NZTA and Environment Canterbury ran a vehicle scrappage trial in Wellington and Christchurch for three and a half weeks. The trial cost $150,361 and 349 vehicles were scrapped. In this blog post we list some important lessons learnt from the trial and comment on the future viability of similar trial.
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Ten Facts About Vehicle Recycling
We list the top ten facts related to the car wrecking industry and vehicle recycling. Most people have little knowledge of the disposal process of end of life vehicles (ELVs) and their environmental consequences. Here we want to get you thinking about the impact you are having when you sell your old car and buy a new one. […]
vehicle dismantling News
Provides the latest news about everything that is happening in the vehicle dismantling and recycling world. Blog post is regularly updated with news from around the world. […]
To dig or to recycle? Can End of life cars be a secondary source of materials?
We all know that wrecked cars can be sold to auto Dismantlers for their metal content and parts. In this blog post we dig a little deeper to learn about the metal composition of cars. Beyond the value of a car for the salvageable parts, the metal content determines its scrap value and recycling stages. We explore if End of vehicles (ELVs) can be recycled for all of the metals used during production and if not what prevents us from doing so. […]
Analysis of Written off vehicles in New Zealand from Jan to Jul 2019 (part one)
We take a look at the publicly available data from New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) from January to July 2019 about the number of written off vehicles that is maintained in the damaged vehicle list. Our purpose here will be to forecast the number of
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DEOL launch
Formal service launch in Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region. DEOL car solutions launches its operations to provide solutions for end of life cars in Christchurch, the wider Canterbury region, and selected cities in South and North Islands. Damaged And End Of Life Cars Solutions strives to provide efficient cash for car services, free wrecked car removal on short notice, auto salvaging and wrecking through its member salvage yards, second hand tyres and car parts at lowest prices, disposal of car batteries and general auto recyling. […]
