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Why getting an electric vehicle is a great idea
1.You are environmentally conscious
What goes around comes around. So, it is quite natural that you want to preserve your environment for your children and grandchildren. Getting an EV is a step in the right direction.
2.You are saving the planet
The carbon print and the greenhouse effect are on the top of the most serious ecological problems of the modern age. By going fully electric, you are saving the planet.
3.You don’t need to spend money on petrol
Modern EVs can be charged at your garage or at your parking lot. There are also quite a few charging stations available in New Zealand.
The map is here
The economy of money is obvious, if we compare the prices for petrol and electricity.
4.Charging your car’s batteries is almost as simple as charging a mobile phone
According to statistics, an average parking time of a car is 21 hours per day (this statistics from America can be equally applied to other countries as well). This gives more than enough time for charging. You basically have 2 options, which are similar to charging your mobile phone: normal charging and speed charging. Normal charging takes 6 – 8 hours, and speed charging can be done in 2-3 hours, and in some cases you can get your batteries charged as urgent as 30 minutes.
5.Fully electric car is perfect around the town.
The range of a modern EV can be 120 – 200 km depending upon the conditions of driving. It’s more than enough to commute to your workplace, to pick up kids from the school, to go shopping, and come back home to leave the car charging overnight. An average driver usually travels only 60 km/day on work days. 
Introducing our heroes
There are quite a few highways capable EV models which can be bought from Japanese Auctions, like Nissan Leaf, BMW i3, Tesla, Bluecar, e6, QQ3 EV, Bolt EV, C-Zero, C-Zen, Focus Electric, etc.
We would like to focus on the 2 obvious leaders, available for the NZ customer, Nissan Leaf, and BMW i3.
Nissan Leaf
From Wikipedia:
The Nissan Leaf (also formatted LEAF as a backronym for leading environmentally-friendly affordable family car) is a compact five-door hatchback electric car introduced in Japan in December 2010
Leaf battery packs can be charged from fully discharged to 80% capacity in about 30 minutes using DC fast charging.
As an all-electric car, the Nissan Leaf produces no tailpipe pollution or greenhouse gas emissions at the point of operation, and contributes to reduced dependence on petroleum.
Among other awards and recognition, the Nissan Leaf won the 2010 Green Car Vision Award, the 2011 European Car of the Year, the 2011 World Car of the Year, and the 2011–2012 Car of the Year Japan.
According to EPA, 2011-2013 generation 2 Nissan Leaf has 24 KW battery, and you can travel 135+ km on a charge, and 2013-2017 generation 3 Nissan Leaf has 30 KW battery, and you can travel 172 - 220 km. According to the manufacturer itself, Nissan Leaf can be even more capable, depending upon the conditions of driving.
We’ve a lot of inquiries and been importing about 5 Nissan Leafs every month. So, get into the trend and consider the probability of importing one too. Our website is a great help, so log on into www.importyourcar.co.nz to get your Nissan Leaf.

2nd generation can be imported for as low as $11,000+

And 3rd generation from $14,000+

Good savings starts when importing 2015-2016 years.
BMW i3
We have a new kid around the block, BMW i3. A very modern car, it’s going to get extremely popular in New Zealand. Why? It’s a small & inexpensive, and in a meantime a cool looking and trendy Euro EV (electric vehicle) hatchback.
From Wikipedia:
“The BMW i3 is a five-door urban electric car developed by the German car manufacturer BMW. The i3 is part of BMW's "Project i" and was launched as a new brand, BMW i. The i3 is BMW's first zero emissions mass-produced vehicle due to its electric power train, and BMW is the first company to launch a volume production vehicle on the market featuring carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer to improve the vehicle's energy consumption.”
“The official range is 130 km… BMW is offering a range extender (“REx”) option powered by a 647 cc two-cylinder gasoline engine with a small fuel tank that engages when the battery level drops to a pre-specified point, acting purely as a generator to produce electricity to extend the range to 240 km!”
With 24 KW batteries you can travel 130 km on a charge, and with 33 KW batteries – 183 km. If you opt in for the range extender, it increases the total range up to 290 km depending upon the conditions of driving.
“Among other awards and recognition, the BMW i3 won two World Car of the Year Awards selected as 2014 World Green Car of the Year and also as 2014 World Car Design of the Year. The i3 was also given an iF Product Design Gold Award, and, in the first UK Car of the Year Awards, it won in two categories: UK Car of the Year 2014 and Best Supermini of 2014.”
You can get one from the Japanese car auctions in a very good condition, with a low mileage, and importing it from Japan saves your money.
They sell for around 2 million JPY or $35,000 to import all included VS $45,000 offered locally. It's a $10,000 savings.
We are walking our clients through all the phases of importing their cars from Japan. So, if you have made up your mind, click the button below to get your auction access. 

If you want to know more about the Japanese car auction system, you can read about it here 
Here are a few examples of EVs our clients have imported:
Nissan Leaf 30X, 2016, 30KW battery, done 15k kms. Around $24,756 to import. 
Equipment: automatic air conditioning (climate control), anti-lock brakes, power steering, power windows, supplemental restraint system (airbags), television, navigation. 
Nissan Leaf 24S, 24KW Battery, 2016, done 9k kms. Around $18130 to import. 
Equipment: air conditioning, anti-lock brakes, power steering, power windows, supplemental restraint system (airbags), television, navigation.  
Nissan Leaf 2011 G Edition, done 30k kms. Around $11,730 NZD to import.
Equipment: automatic air conditioning (climate control), anti-lock brakes, power steering, power windows, supplemental restraint system (airbags), television, navigation. 
Nissan Leaf  X, 2014, done 19k kms. Around $15049 to import.
Equipment: automatic air conditioning (climate control), anti-lock brakes, power steering, power windows, supplemental restraint system (airbags), television, navigation.  
Nissan Leaf 2012 G Edition, done 77k kms. Around $9,088 NZD to import.
Equipment: air conditioning, anti-lock brakes, alloy wheels, power steering, power windows, supplemental restraint system (airbags), television, navigation. 
Nissan Leaf 2011 G Edition, done 23k kms. Around $10,745 to import.
Equipment: automatic air conditioning (climate control), anti-lock brakes, power steering, power windows, supplemental restraint system (airbags), television, navigation.