John Raine: EV or Not EV, That is the Question - Let's Be Smart About Transport Energy

Energy as Society’s Economic Enabler

Oil prices escalated as a result of the US-Iran war and have boosted electric vehicle (EV) sales. Once prices at the fuel pump restabilise nearer pre-war levels, should more buyers still be going electric? 

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: It wasn't a mistake to cancel the EV subsidy

The Government is copping heat today for cancelling the EV subsidy a couple of years ago. Critics now say it looks like a mistake, because oil prices are rising and, as a result, petrol prices are rising too.

They argue that, of course, we’d all be better off in electric vehicles - which we supposedly would have been if the Government hadn’t cancelled the subsidy at the end of 2023.

Mike's Minute: This is why the govt shouldn't mess with markets

This is how we end up in trouble. Things are said that aren't challenged.

Here's the headline: "NZ will be dumping ground for high emission cars".

That was a claim from an EV lobby group. I wonder why they would say that?

Mike's Minute: A deeper dive into EVs

What we need is an "are we sure we know what we are doing before we rush into this" catalogue or guide.

The EV story might turn out to be one of the world's, and certainly the transportation industry's, biggest headaches as company after company admit they leapt in way too quick to electric, bought into all the Government-led madness on climate and invested, God-knows how much to transfer to a mode of movement the world wasn’t ready for, or wanted.

Richard Meade, Magnus Söderberg: Winter electricity prices are rising

Winter electricity prices are rising – how do we know we’re getting value for money?

Winter is coming to New Zealand and Australia, and with it come those inevitably higher power bills from heating our homes.