An Auckland retirement village is looking to ban electric vehicles because of safety.

Forty-seven residents at Fairview Lifestyle Village in Albany have got into a row with management over the decision.

One resident told our newsroom the village claims EV's are a fire risk.

Drive Electric chair Kirstin Corson told Heather Du Plessis-Allan that it's completely unreasonable.

She says EV's are 25 percent less likely to catch fire than a petrol or diesel vehicle.

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An Auckland retirement village is looking to ban electric vehicles because of safety.
Forty-seven residents at Fairview Lifestyle Village in Albany have got into a row with management over the decision.
One resident told our newsroom the village claims EV's are a fire risk.
Drive Electric chair Kirstin Corson told Heather Du Plessis-Allan that it's completely unreasonable.
She says EV's are 25 percent less likely to catch fire than a petrol or diesel vehicle.
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Kirstin Corson: Drive Electric chair says retirement village EV ban is unreasonable

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