jumped in my newish ev with wife to go to taupo for long weekend. after about 75 km found charging station but trouble was there were 30 cars in front for 5 charging points. anyway after waiting 3 hours for fast charge i set off again thinking i should have waited till 150 km charging station came up. getting near this station i noticed a few late model cars on side of road with people inside and thought there must be something on. later realised they were people who miscalculated. found on arrival around 100 cars so decided to carry on to taihape where there are a few charging stations. on arrival found 200 odd cars so got in line. sent wife off on foot to find a motel but unfortunately only one actual motel in taihape and fully booked with extra people in cars sleeping. other 2 motels permanently occupied. after 8 hour wait with one sleeping while one awake to move car up, if no one away spot taken. eventually in morning we managed to charge up and head to taupo. our booking was still ok even thought we were a day late. straight to bed and missed most of day. first thing i did when away was head around to car dealer to see if i could trade the ev for a petrol car but no luck. lot was almost full of evs and only people buying them had to be local. rest were destined to go on back of large diesel trucks for wellington or auckland where there was demand. dealer bought the ev for half what i paid 3 months before and we took a plane home and put it down to experience
intrade,
Jun 16, 12:16am
luise rossman in the USA Had his new tesla AKA meme car smashed in to by a 90-year-old and it now cost 43.000$ to repair Yea nice experience to be had alright.
intrade,
Jun 16, 12:16am
What Did you buy exactly
tygertung,
Jun 16, 12:20am
Need more rainbows and unicorns.
tamarillo,
Jun 16, 12:51am
Agreed, good fiction needs a murder too.
nice_lady,
Jun 16, 12:52am
And a dragon or two. Nice but fanciful. Hope it doesn"t come true. I won't be buying an EV for a long time, if ever.
bitsy_boffin,
Jun 16, 12:53am
There are piles of CCS and CHAdeMO chargers between Wellington and Waiouro.
Admittedly the Desert road through to Taupo is a bit spartan, there is ChargeNet charger in Turangi but plugshare reports it as under maintenance.
There are slow chargers at some motor parks and places in Turangi if you get caught short and need to get to fast chargers at Taupo or Taumaranui
should help employment situation as well. there will need to be motels and fast food outlets attached to each charging station so happy days and happy motoring
harm_less,
Jun 16, 1:07am
All those redundant petrol stations will have fast food facilities. See "Gas Stations. coffee shops" thread.
alowishes,
Jun 16, 2:07am
I guess the owners of EVs will have to keep them always topped up - not like a petrol car where if you jump in and find the needle near ‘E’ your can pop down to your nearest fuel station and top up in five minutes.?
harm_less,
Jun 16, 2:17am
Topping up an EV is as easy as plugging it in whenever you garage it, with a timer in the mix if you want to take advantage of off peak rates. Full charge next morning, or when you finish your business day if your employer has charging facilities. Most EV owners seldom if ever use public charging facilities.
There is no equivalent for this situation with fossil fueled vehicles.
alowishes,
Jun 16, 2:21am
As long as you ALWAYS put it on charge - and a visitor/ family member hasn’t hooked up to the power point - and of course you remember to charge up before the power company cuts power for maintenance etc etc.
tygertung,
Jun 16, 2:24am
Power cuts are pretty infrequent these days.
tweake,
Jun 16, 2:27am
for that regular short run to work and back, ev's can work fine. provided you have access to appropriate charging. but going for weekends away is a different matter and they are not really all that suitable.
what it will probably mean is more cars per family, one or two is ev and one for weekend/towing etc. plus there may be a bigger need for garages. which may mean kicking out the renters and converted that flat back into a garage.
tony9,
Jun 16, 2:38am
Or if it runs out, wander down to the nearest petrol station and get a can of fuel.
Will we see people wandering around with a bag of electricity?
tygertung,
Jun 16, 2:40am
Can just tow with EV, good torque output from electric.
harm_less,
Jun 16, 3:01am
Putting the EV on charge is just as much a habit as doing so with a cellphone.
And we don't use a "power point" as we invested in a purpose designed charging unit when we got the EV. These will probably be as common as owning a microwave oven is now as EVs become commonplace.
loose.unit8,
Jun 16, 3:04am
lol as I put in your other thread
Cool story bro, needs more dragons.
harm_less,
Jun 16, 3:04am
The economics of owning an ICE car or large battery capacity EV just for weekend trips is probably questionable. Makes more sense to grab a hire car for the few times out of province travel is necessary.
ascotbks,
Jun 16, 3:08am
there coming when i get book published
cjohnw,
Jun 16, 3:12am
I think this government have given us a glimpse of where their policies are heading. With them polling as they are we probably need to brace ourselves for what is coming (eventually) for fossil fuelled vehicles. Embrace cleaner vehicles or suffer penalties, expensive fuel and taxes. Absolutely no doubt about it in my mind.
ascotbks,
Jun 16, 3:12am
at this stage makes more sence and economics to just stick with petrol. i actually own a highlander and they have so many safety features i can feel resonable safe travelling rather than in a plastic battery bubble with seats
bitsnpieces2020,
Jun 16, 3:18am
yeah affects range hugely though
kcf,
Jun 16, 3:28am
BS meter sitting on redline.
(the original poster).
likit,
Jun 16, 3:30am
Just carry a diesel generator in the back, no problem.
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