In the longer term that's pretty much a given, but that is a different discussion to RUCs.
tygertung,
Apr 25, 10:07pm
Maybe your husband personally would not do it, but quite often people who live 15+ Km away from work just use an e-bike because it makes it much easier getting home after the night shift.
I used to do that when I was working nights, but I'm not very tough (don't want to play rugby etc). I just had to dress warmer in the winter when it was really cold.
I could have driven, but I'd end up having to go in to work at 5am for overtime when on the day shift for about 70 days a year to get the money to drive and as I'm lazy I didn't want to do that.
harm_less,
Apr 26, 4:52am
For those that continually stick the boot into EVs perhaps you may be more well suited to living on the other side of the Tasman.
is that so the natural output of gases by people can drift over to nz? to keep nz green obviously.
harm_less,
Apr 26, 5:24am
Much of the gas output from those across the ditch would make useful fertiliser.
bill-robinson,
Apr 26, 5:36am
CO2?
nice_lady,
Apr 26, 6:08am
? Easier?
tygertung,
Apr 26, 6:50am
Yes, riding an ebike home at one in the morning is easier than riding a normal pushbike. Believe me, I rode both. We also live up a hill, so I was rewarded with a hill at the end of my ride, and when I was riding the fixed wheel, it was extra hard.
nice_lady,
Apr 26, 4:21pm
Driving is easier!
tygertung,
Apr 26, 6:19pm
Maybe, but not if you factor in all the overtime to pay for it.
3tomany,
Apr 26, 7:08pm
Off with ya head, making comments like that. crikey this is a motoring platform. Driving is worth every hour of overtime to pay for it.
loud_37,
Apr 26, 7:40pm
I would buy an EV if the range was better as I do 75,000Kms per year, also the ROI is just not there yet.
harm_less,
Apr 26, 7:40pm
I was referring to their copious BS
harm_less,
Apr 26, 7:51pm
There are several EVs available that would cope with 1,500km/week. 400-500km battery range would do that with overnight charging and the ROI would be pretty good considering the fuel and maintenance savings on that amount of mileage. We have recently seen a $5,000 reduction in Tesla's Model 3 and that trend (and battery capacity) is likely to continue across both their range and their competitors as battery technology improves.
bill-robinson,
Apr 26, 7:54pm
there is more in this thread end of story.
tygertung,
Apr 27, 5:38am
What about electric motoring. on your bike?
nice_lady,
Apr 27, 8:31am
Driving is often the only practical method of travel. At 61 years of age, with 15km each way and a physical job to do for up to 12 hours per day, and being on call as well theres NO way Hubby will be cycling to work - ever. But you go mate you go hard. In fact if you want to do that to save the planet you really should be walking in bare feet !
gblack,
Apr 27, 5:41pm
75,000km per year is way above average so presumably you do this as part of a job.
Interesting to do the numbers though. If you are currently using a car that uses an average of 10l per 100km, then you are churning though day $7,500 litres. My local is doing 91 at $2.13.
So spending ~$16k a year just on fuel and oil. Presumably replacing cars frequently - at least every 3 years?
Still not sure it would make economic sense yet to go pure EV, but clearly the higher purchase price of an EV is less of an issue when you would be saving a lot in fuel.
tygertung,
Apr 27, 6:17pm
Maybe your husband is not keen, but there are many who are. And 12 hours a day, that is a bad work life balance. The union should get on to that.
3tomany,
Apr 27, 6:57pm
I will be a reluctant participant. With that in mind i am negotiating to buy another V8 as we speak.
nice_lady,
Apr 27, 7:06pm
Well it's not always 12 hours these days, however it's a small very specialized team and there's no pool of other people to fill in so the hours are what they are. And the work is less physical than it used to be so Hubby is quite happy with that, but he's still not going to cycle to work. Callouts have to happen quickly, quicker than cycling would manage.
tygertung,
Aug 17, 3:47am
Perhaps, but when I was working at the airport, it used to be quicker for me to get out there (15 Km) on my e-bike than a car.
Pretty shithouse though how the company won't train more staff, thus forcing the existing staff to work excessive hours.
Perhaps your husband isn't keen, but quite often other people will happily bike that far on e-bike, or even a bike. There used to be quite a few people biking home (15+ Km) at 3 in the morning after a spot of overtime from the airport when I was out there.
But an e-bike is much easier of course.
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