EVs by the truckload
If the Government can help councils and other public agencies to offer to subsidise employee e-bike purchases by $300-$1200, why can’t it do the same for the rest of us with electric cars? Average Kiwis might then be able to afford a modern EV for zero-emission, guilt-free driving.
The Government could also push on with a battery exchange programme to mitigate people’s fears of buying used EVs with worn-out batteries.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Greens co-leader James Shaw could make these things happen at the stroke of a pen.
Rob Buchanan
(Kerikeri)
KICKSTARTING THE H2 ECONOMY
There is an obvious alternative use for the electricity consumed by the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter and that is for the production of hydrogen to fuel motor vehicles. The primary difficulty is likely to be in the timing.
The Government is pushing for the replacement of hydrocarbon-powered light vehicles by electric-powered ones. Battery manufacture and disposal make electric cars only marginally better than the vehicles
