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The number of public EV chargers is set to double, in a move the government hopes will increase confidence in going electric. Rewiring Aotearoa chief executive Mike Casey spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Current events are making EVs more popular, but we've gone from a leader to a laggard and we need to start shifting the fleet to electric now; Queenstown Golf Cub tees up a good deal on solar; an Australian apartment complex switches on 250 charging points with a novel payment system; Taiga electric snowmobiles are taking over; and more efficient solar panels allow bigger systems on smaller roofs.

Electrification is something we think all our politicians should be able to agree on - even if it is for very different reasons. That’s why we’re talking to as many of our elected representatives as possible about their own energy use (and the views of their parties) for our Political Power series. Last week we featured David Seymour going for a hoon in an EV and this week we’re travelling to the other end of the spectrum with Chlöe Swarbrick, co-leader of the Greens.