Unfortunately that just passes the cost of doing business on to us, the consumers. The oil companies and supply chains still get their lovely profits and shareholder value. It's got to go right back to them, to make the entire fossil fuels ecosystem uneconomical.
It's certainly a complex future I fear. We have a PHEV which I look at positively from an overall km/L basis - but because we live 20mins or so 'from town' we don't do a lot of electric-only running. It would seem we may be penalised for that in the future - hit with both the petrol taxes and the electric RUCs.
Interestingly, having just come back from Auckland, I was astounded at the number of Tesla's on the road - given their price point, it would seem that the EV rebate is going to people who arguably don't need it
Haha, very true. Tested negative for COVID so will see how I'm going in the AM
Uh oh. Headache, fever, stratchy throat and body aches, three days after a couple of flights... That's not a combo I'm liking...
Has been a work trip, industry conference. Lots of leads to follow up when I get home :)
Home - flight down to Nelson, then back to the Coast
Waiting for my shuttle to the airport. Thanks for turning on the good weather Auckland!
All good, cheers
Are you NZ based?
Now there's an idea!
Cheers, some decent options there
I see your Nemesis of Blackbirds and raise you a Chaos of Weka.
Road trip for me. Couple of hours each way to Arthur's Pass and and back to pick up a second hand commercial dishwasher. Looking forward to getting up in the mountains - best therapy ever! Might see if I can fit in a wander up to the Devil's Punchbowl along the way
Morning all. Spectacular day here on the West Coast - snow on the mountains, clear blue sky. Puts a smile on your face.
My point is that Tesla falls firmly into luxury car price range - so rather than incentivising 'average' people to choose an EV equivalent of say a Toyota Corolla, which will then trickle down as it's sold and resold, we're getting an overrepresentation of Merc and BMW buyers choosing Tesla. Perhaps that's to help do their part to reduce emissions, perhaps as a status symbol - it arguably doesn't matter. What does matter is that it appears we're seeing more of the luxury EVs than 'affordable' EVs - and that's going to matter deeply when it comes to adopttion by the masses.