Peter N Lewis5d ago
Miraz Jordan

In some rare good news: $50m plan to double the number of public EV chargers | RNZ News:

"The government is providing interest free loans of $52.7 million to two companies to boost the number of electric vehicle public chargers around the country.

The zero-interest loans will go to ChargeNet and Meridian Energy, who are investing $60m in capital, and would see 2574 new charge points, 1374 DC fast chargers and 1200 AC chargers.

The move will more than double the country's chargers, to around 4550. "

$50m plan to double the number of public EV chargers

The government is providing zero-interest loans of more than $50 million to ChargeNet and Meridian Energy.

RNZ
Mar 22 at 10:07pmWeb
Show threadCherizilla5d ago
@Miraz That's fantastic! Hopefully electric car adoption continues to rise as infrastructure improves.
Show threadMiraz Jordan5d ago
@cherizilla It’s great news. Shame this same government removed an electric vehicle incentive when they came into office… One maybe positive from this whole horrible oil crisis caused by you-know-who is that it sharpens attention on renewable energy and perhaps climate change.
Show threadCherizilla5d ago
@Miraz Definitely. If this ugly mess nudges us all toward renewables that would be a silver lining.