Police Struggle to Get New Utes Due to Green Mandate
November 24, 2022
PHOTO: RNZ / Robin Martin
Car companies have told NZ Police to hold off on buying more petrol and diesel utes, as they try to reduce sales of high-emitting vehicles.
Toyota has told NZ Police it will not supply them any more Hiluxes, as it is delivering fewer of the well-known utes while it awaits a more sustainable alternative.
Mitsubishi, too, has advised police that its new hybrid diesel Triton ute won’t be available until next year.
Police confirm they had approached Toyota, and other car companies, asking whether they could supply 50 new utes for operational purposes, replacing ageing Hilux and Holden Colorado vehicles.