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“What I get a lot is people talk about electric vehicles and what they say with electric vehicles is that they’re great for people in the city, but they’re not great for the people in the country,” Casey told the 2024 National Renewables in Agriculture Conference in Queensland. “And I always have to remind them that that couldn’t actually be further from the truth. Literally, the more [kilometres] you drive, the better off you are driving an electric vehicle ... If charging purely from the grid it costs us around $9 for a full charge, however with our solar and battery array we are expecting the cost to be closer to $2 a charge and are currently collecting the data to verify this ... One of the most remarkable things we now see in New Zealand is the number of farmers that are adopting electric vehicles because they’re starting to realise that per kilometre cost [of fuelling them is] significantly less than [petrol or diesel]."
Read moreDownload the document hereMike Casey from Rewiring Aotearoa says solar can now pay off faster than many households realise, but the biggest savings come from understanding how your home actually uses energy. From gas hot water to EVs, batteries and green loans, Mike and Nadine break down what to weigh up before going electric.
Read moreDownloadEV sales for June are up over 150% year on year and retaining the Clean Car Standard will ensure New Zealand remains as a priority market for supply. Rewiring Aotearoa, BYD and NordEast say the CCS should be kept in place and refined, while weakening of the standards would mean New Zealanders will miss out on new models, growing demand for EVs may not be able to be met and the country will get less efficient vehicles. The argument being made by manufacturers and importers that weakening the standards would decrease upfront costs is a false economy, as electric cars save New Zealanders more money over their lifetime. More needs to be done to give New Zealanders access to newer technology, rather than making it easier to bring in old, higher emitting technology.
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