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Ggcc
It was a long story and he was neither for or against EV vehicles. He mentioned until the government were clear with how they were implementing their thoughts about EV vehicles, electric companies were not ready to invest in infrastructure to deal with the inflow of the maybe's. He mentioned about the cost of EVs and kiwis reluctants to buy them without some form of subsidy. They have an electric bus at wellington airport that is charged by a diesel generator??? In short he had more to say, but laughed the idea off indicating the answer of EVs was more complicated and involved Government action and not just talking (what Cindy is so good at)
My personal belief. Most car dealers I talk to are just going with the trend. They all want to do their bit for the environment, but until we know how they will dispose of these batteries properly Im out and many car dealers say the same. Just google are electric cars good or bad for the environment.
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Through their entire lifetime, electric cars are better for the climate. In the manufacturing process, electric vehicles will produce more global warming emissions than the average gasoline vehicle, because electric cars' large lithium-ion batteries require a lot of materials and energy to build.
I for one don't think EVs are the future, maybe a side step until the next future thing. Maybe hydrogen who knows. Until then TRA will continue to perform for the next few years until the what ifs and maybes are answered properly by the government.