The Electric Revolution

[novaphile]

Something weird is happening in New Zealand:-

EV and PHEV demand surges as new vehicle registrations jump 25% in March

New Zealand has no EV incentives, and penalizes EVs with a 7.6 cents/km road user charge (hybrids only pay 3.8 cents/km). Yet for some reason EV sales are surging here. I have to tip my hat towards our conservative/libertarian government for making the prescient decision to drop the Clean Car Discount and other EV incentives. They must have known something we didn't...

The price of petrol has sky rocketed, so people buying new cars are considering more fuel efficient (or fully electric) vehicles.

Similarly, the oil price spike (1979 and on into the early 1980s) caused a boom in sales of smaller, more economical cars.

 

[Rolfe]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2053822825555730622

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Lorries being refuelled at St Pancras goods depot, London, 11 July 1917. - Science & Society Picture Library

Get this stock video and more footage. These lorries were used to carry goods around goods depots and to deliver them to offices in towns. The Midland Railway owned a variety of road vehicles. At this time horse-drawn transport was still widely used but motor vehicles were starting to become...

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Electric Trucks 1917.

 

[Rolfe]

All-Electric Truck Completes Milestone Canberra-to-Sydney Haul, Cutting 84% in Fuel Costs

Carrying tons of toilet paper, the final mile deliveries were made with electric vehicles too, keeping emissions down.

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