Anyone here experienced the Omoda or Jaecoo EVs? I would love to read any feedback.

kangaroo13:

 

robjg63:

 

Put that same money into expansion of wind, solar and battery storage and the next generation would reap the benefits.

 

(At least that windbag Shane Jones did start talking about geothermal investment recently - I nearly fell over in shock)

 

 

Should add some extra hydro generation, including some pumped hydro in the mix.

 

Perhaps our government should be looking across the Tasman because that's pretty much the strategy they're now adopting.

HarmLessSolutions:

 

kangaroo13:

 

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Should add some extra hydro generation, including some pumped hydro in the mix.

 

 

Perhaps our government should be looking across the Tasman because that's pretty much the strategy they're now adopting.

 

Yes - though I'd argue they went too big and grand with the pumped hydro.  Given teh amount of hydro we have in NZ, I would think we could augment with some extra generators, and some smaller reservoirs

kangaroo13:

 

HarmLessSolutions:

 

Perhaps our government should be looking across the Tasman because that's pretty much the strategy they're now adopting.

 

 

Yes - though I'd argue they went too big and grand with the pumped hydro.  Given teh amount of hydro we have in NZ, I would think we could augment with some extra generators, and some smaller reservoirs

 

Not sure about pumped hydro - that would be super expensive and have a long lead in - sorry dont know enough about. 

But at least wind/solar battery be set up relatively quickly and start producing straight away - also close by where its needed (low/no transmission loss).

Yes - Australia had subsidies last year and did something like 100,000 homes in 3 months - totally sucked up all the available stock at the time (cant find the article where I saw that - so going from memory).

Ooops, thought I’d stumbled into the politics forum. But no, on checking, it’s the EV news thread.

Spoke to Ebbets yesterday afternoon - They are sold out of the first tranche of these, 2026 MG ZS EV ZSEV EV Excite 51kWh | Trade Me Motors

But are working to get more.

Wild - especially if they have been hanging around since January.

When I spoke to them late last week they had 10 white and 3 black.

Not surprising that they sold out of MG EVs within a week (they probably did that in 1 or 2 days), EV sales have gone nuts.

Its pleasing BYD have secured additional supplies of vehicles

New RAV4 hybrid pricing has come out and they've confirmed the PHEV is going to be available, topped by the $67k RAV4 GR Sport Plug In Hybrid

No Pure EV range provided, but reports are that it could do as much as 100km on a charge - which combined with the 2.5l petrol engine will give pretty decent fuel economy on longer trips and provide almost EV-like economy around town. 

I like the new look...not as much as I like the current model, but the new one isn't offensive to me. 

Some key stats from the website: 

Man the used stock of EVs on TradeMe has really dropped. I wonder if there will be a glut of EVs available in 6+ months (or whenever this madness stops) as lots of people who were on the fence have jumped in now and moved their purchases forward? 

I think there may be a glut of low range EVs (sub 2-300kms) - 

People will quickly adapt to driving EVs, charging at home and allowing for filling up the car on the go. What they may grow wary of, is the frequency that they have to plug in. I had an EV as a drive car for about 12-18 months or so, generally plugged it in one night during the week and then over the weekend when it was in the garage most of the time anyway. Range was low-mid 300kms actual (64kw battery) and with no dedicated charger at home (normal 10a plug), this set up worked okay, but I wouldn't want to have had to fill it up more frequently (not difficult or time consuming, just fiddly).

I don't expect petrol to come below the $3 mark for 91 anytime soon. Once petrol companies establish the "new normal", expect prices to stay. They'll already have the excuses lined up ready to roll of the tongue as to why pricing hasn't come down as quickly as it went up, a few news cycles will pass and sub $3 petrol will be a distant memory.

The price of butter never came down, no one is talking about it anymore and thus it becomes the normalised NZ price.

sen8or:

 

I think there may be a glut of low range EVs (sub 2-300kms) - 

 

People will quickly adapt to driving EVs, charging at home and allowing for filling up the car on the go. What they may grow wary of, is the frequency that they have to plug in. I had an EV as a drive car for about 12-18 months or so, generally plugged it in one night during the week and then over the weekend when it was in the garage most of the time anyway. Range was low-mid 300kms actual (64kw battery) and with no dedicated charger at home (normal 10a plug), this set up worked okay, but I wouldn't want to have had to fill it up more frequently (not difficult or time consuming, just fiddly).

 

I don't expect petrol to come below the $3 mark for 91 anytime soon. Once petrol companies establish the "new normal", expect prices to stay. They'll already have the excuses lined up ready to roll of the tongue as to why pricing hasn't come down as quickly as it went up, a few news cycles will pass and sub $3 petrol will be a distant memory.

 

Lol - I have an old leaf, and to make it to and from work have to plug it in every night.

Still better than the petrol station run :)