Recent content by Matt_NZ

Yeah, that's why I went with EAP, although that wasn't an option until late 2020. All the same features as the FSD pre-order and you get the FSD upgrade in the future for the price minus what was paid for EAP.

I suspect we'll end up getting it before Europe...especially since they employed two testers in Auckland and Christchurch last year (assuming they weren't let go with the latest redundancies 😬)

It’s likely to have another large price increase when FSD Supervised does eventually launch here. It’s significantly cheaper than the US price at the moment

Did you pay for it when it was $9600 or after it jumped up to $11,400? That changes the payback period from 5 years 6 months to 4 years 9 months(ish). FSD transfer periods seem to be more common now to the point that I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes a permanent option. I suspect if you...

They generally go up pretty quick, so I wouldn't expect to see work starting until around August/September if they stay on schedule.

Petrol vehicles pay RUC via the Fuel Excise Tax. That is their RUC equivalent

I hadn't seen this thread before, so it's cool to see the construction history of it, especially given the current events. Unfortunately, I do wonder what future this site has if the damage is enough. Rainbow Point is just down the road now and is a 9 stall V3 site so investing a whole lot into...

Two new Supercharger sites, Dunedin and Nelson have popped up in the South Island today with a target of Q3 2024. Interestingly, at the time of this post, Dunedin is still an option to vote for on the "Vote for a Supercharger" poll. Dunedin: Nelson:

Ok, so I guess it's the latter of the two options. Since I assume nearly everyone else understands how RUC in petrol vehicles is tied to emissions, I'm going to move on from your deficiencies... No one here is arguing that EVs shouldn't pay RUC. However, the government should not be...

So you're just going to ignore the math above? The math that shows you how a lower emission petrol vehicle contributes less to the cost of road maintenance? How that goes against that everyone should pay their fair share? Either you're playing dumb for some stupid agenda or you really just...

How do you not understand how it does though?? Take a RAV4 Hybrid with a fuel efficiency of 5.3L/100km, or .053L/km. The RUC component of petrol is $0.70, so if you apply that to the efficiency, it's 3.7c/km Take a Ford Ranger Raptor (petrol version) with a fuel efficiency of 11.5L/100km or...

JFC it's not a hard concept to grasp lol. Because petrol vehicles pay RUC via the tax component of petrol, the amount they pay is determined by the fuel efficiency of their vehicle. The less fuel they use, the less tax they pay which means less RUC they pay per km. The amount of RUC a petrol...

Yeah, they do. It's the fuel excise tax component of fuel and it's the equivalent of RUC for petrol vehicles Once again, as per the above, the RUC that is paid by petrol vehicles is tied to emissions. So I'll ask again, why do you think emission generating vehicles should pay less towards the...

Since we're talking about slow people, you seem to have missed that currently RUC is tied to emissions for petrol vehicles. They are rewarded with lower RUC costs if their vehicle has better fuel efficiency/lower emissions. However, they are still generating emissions Please answer why you...

RUCs at $76/1000km puts city cars like the Leaf in the same weight category as a Ford Ranger than has a GVM 1.5 tonne heavier. At the same time, a comparable Hybrid vehicle is going to be paying half the rate as that Leaf. Based on the current governments plans for vehicle taxes over the next 3...