MEET EVIE.
She's a restored, refreshed, classic 1957 Ford Fairlane - fully electric, with plenty of grunt on a mission to enjoy Energy made Wonderful.
Evie turns heads wherever she goes. Find out more about NZ's most famous electric conversion.
THE STORY BEHIND THE STAR
THE MAKING OF EVIE
Watch how our classic 1957 Ford Fairlane was made into Evie, turning an old classic into the future. Energy was truly made wonderful.
TIMELAPSE
Watch a timelapse of Evie being converted from an old classic into Evie, an electric vehicle with the same old charm.
WHAT’S UNDER THE HOOD
ELECTRIC VEHICLE MYTHS
BATTERY MYTHS
With more than 500 charging stations across New Zealand, you can always find somewhere to stop and top-up. This handy map shows you’re nearest charging stations along your journey. View more info
EV batteries are built to last. EV manufacturers are offering increasingly longer warranties on batteries of up to 10 years or more. If the batteries are taken care of the will last even longer. View more info
Plug in at home, at work or anywhere you like. All you need is a 3 pin plug.
PURCHASING MYTHS
EV’s are much cheaper to run than diesel or petrol vehicles at the equivalent of 40c per litre. As EVs become more popular, they become more affordable to buy. View more info
There's plenty of EV makes to choose from, with Nissan, Audi, BMW, Mitsubishi and Volkswagen all actively selling EV’s across New Zealand. Rather than buying new you can also buy second hand.
THE SPECS MYTHS
The average New Zealander travels less than 29km a day by car which is well within the 100km range of a typical EV.
*A Nissan Leaf, the most popular battery EV in New Zealand, has a range of up to 120km for its generation 1 model. Newer models have longer ranges and more high-end vehicles have much greater ranges. View more info
If you combine all the emissions produced when making the raw materials, battery and vehicle EV’s give off 60% less emissions over their life span than a petrol car. EV’s are also cheaper to run costing the equivalent of 30c a litre to fuel up. Did you know that 100% of the electricity that Mercury generates is renewable and 80% of New Zealand’s total electricity generation is as well? View more info