What was the largest purchase you’ve made online? Whiteware probably, or furniture, maybe a used car via TradeMe or even a Tesla. We live...

Before looking at predictions for 2023, it is worth noting a few of the milestones that affected the local market. There are many more...

Regular readers of this blog will know that we think that BEVs are too expensive. Local automotive business heads seem to want to specify...

August's registration date continues to show the strong growth of electric vehicle sales, particularly in the passenger vehicle segments....

The Clean Car Rebate has been a huge success. There will be opponents who would argue that it is flawed, and at Boost Auto we would...

The Road to a Sale sometimes sits in a proverbial forgotten corner. This often mentioned seldom used road is a highway to sales success...

The document below is a flowchart of the Road to a Sale sales process. You can download for free.

In April electric vehicles sales (NEV) reached 20% of the share of passenger vehicles by fuel type up from 3.4% just 12 months ago. This...

‘How does it feel, to treat me like you do?’ asked Bernard Sumner of New Order when reflecting on his recent dealer visit to buy a new...

New Zealand's hydropower engineers and innovators sowed the seed for faster BEV adoption for New Zealand 135 years ago. In 15 short years...

Learn about entrepreneur and engineer William Sommers' vision to create an EV that runs on tea.

Over the years I have bought four new motorcycles, and three new cars. That’s not a lot of new vehicles, but then I am fortunate to have...

Tesla's anomaly result in NZ of 1088 units in September last year got me thinking. Firstly, its not really an anomaly; a surprise, a...

Covid-19 is coming again. Only this time it is surging. At the time of writing there were 2365 new cases. Omicron is more infectious and...

Boost Auto's predictions for 2022. Part 2

19 Automotive predictions - Part 1 of 2

Be Better in 2022

Ah, 2021. Chaotic, at best. With even more lockdowns, yet another variant of Covid, and so many cancelled plans, we thought we'd try and...

The Year in Review 2021 Its been a challenging year for many. Automotive businesses locally, retailers and distributors alike have had a...

Dealers and distributors have been slow to fully embrace online selling. No brand or product is immune from online transformation. The...