CHARGING STATIONS

I see the greenies are grizzling that "they" , ("they" being in greenie shorthand to mean the government / somebody else), have not built / provided enough EV charging stations. which seems to me to means that there is an expectation that the tax payer will provide these stations and pick up the tab for the electricity used.
If EV's are all the rage and going to be plentiful, perhaps private enterprise could build these stations and sell the EV driver some electricity.
Before I would consider the purchase an EV I would like to be able to put into the equation the cost of road tax ?

By the way, writing (including headings) in all caps is considered to be shouting and rude.

NZ is one of the better served countries in world when it comes to EV charging stations. Largely thanks to the private enterprise of charge.net.nz

There is also the propitiatory Tesla supercharger network (for tesla brand vehicles only). 11 stations all with multiple chargers. Three additional stations projected to be complete this year. Private money funding this.

Few people familiar with the situation are complaining about not enough changing stations.

You can review the map of chargers on the charge.net.nz network yourself here: https://charge.net.nz/map/ Of a non network specific map you can go here: https://www.plugshare.com/ which includes the likes of vector fast chargers in Auckland.

Currently the RUC exemption for EV's expires at the end of the year. As it stands at the moment, next year EV's will need to pay the same RUC's as light diesel's ($76/100km). That said, this rate would have an mini electric paying triple the road tax of a yaris hybrid, quite a perverse incentive for EV uptake. As such it is likely there will be a shakeup.

But for your equation just use $76/1000km to be on the safe side.

$76 per 100 km's is steep, lol (yes I realise its a typo, still funny)

RUC will likely be similar for EVs than for any light ICE vehicle, which is 7.6c/km presently, but don't be surprised if EVs continue to enjoy a reduced rate as incentive to replace the national fleet. Also due to complications with the current RUC collection regime it may well be updated to a distance based system for all vehicles in part to avoid the complication with hybrids.

Whoever is claiming a lack of EV charging stations is remaining blissfully unaware of the fact that every house, workplace, or other building in NZ is a potential charging location thanks to their being connected to the national grid, and that is where EVs are charged for over 90% of owners I would imagine.

Also as you seem to be knowledgeable about "greenie" terminology can you please define what a 'greenie' actually is? The term seems to be repeatedly used but its actual meaning seems somewhat obscure.