Recent content by FlyingKiwi

Matt. Stop trying to freeload and pay your fair share.

No, I agree that some of the more efficient petrol cars are not paying enough and all petrol cars should be brought into RUCs asap but that A) has nothing to do with emissions And B) is not justification for you and me and every other EV driver not paying our fair share.

It doesn't, despite your fervoured desires for to. If you search the RUC Cost Allocation Model paper, the word emissions appears twice, once defining what the E in ETS is, and the other in a footnote "The classification does not include externalities such as congestion, noise or emissions...

Yes, it corellates, but it has zero to do with the pricing of RUCs or FED, and it is irrelevant.

You are trying to make it about emissions, but it has nothing to do with emissions, it is about paying for the cost of building and maintaining roads. No point discussing this any further.

No, petrol vehicles don't pay RUCs... I think it's perfectly fine for EVs to pay the same rate as the other vehicles subject to RUCs.. Why should they get a further discount, they use the same road, weigh the same, take up the same amount of space. Once again, RUCs pay for roads, they are...

No, the reason there is only one weight band for light vehicles is because at the low loadings caused by light vehicles there is nearly zero wear to the roads. It's pointless to create a new weight band for a $1 or $2 discount on RUCs. When you increase the GVM to 6 ton the RUCs only...

Nope. Petrol tax is too low, and petrol cars need to be moved across to RUCs. RUCs are fine at $76/1000, possibly too low even

A little birdy tells me Tesla has put this supercharger install out for quoting, so it's likely to appear on the map shortly.

Just passed thru Taihape, the Electricians are onsite and appear to be nearly done installing the v3 dispensers. 6 bays, a dedicated 750kVa transformer, and the signs with instructions for non-Teslas are up. Should be live in two weeks. Had a nosey at the inside of a v3 dispenser, quite...

I popped in on my way down the line this morning. Concrete plinths are poured, it's a 6 bay site, and yes, 50m or so from Big Azz ice creams, just under the giant apple.

Ah man, now I need to plan a trip down that way just to see how they are progressing in about a month.

2.5mm² is overkill for 10A, unless you are talking a 40m+ lead. 1.5mm² is plenty. 1.5mm² is rated to 18A at 20m. I'd worry more about the quality of the plug and socket. I charge at 15A on a 20m 1.5mm² extension lead at work. It gets slightly warm to touch.

Oh, right a typo in your previous post. Thinking more about it, I doubt they'll see much traffic from other brands anyway, the ~$0.95/kwh price and a bit out of the way. The hyperchargers in the CBD, the Z Tauhara station if you are bypassing Taupo central and the Z Turangi 200kW chargers...

What's crazy about it? With 13 superchargers in Taupo why not open them up and make some money off other brands?