The future isn't electric vehicles as we all knew from the start.

Teslas: the iPhone of the car world. Yep, with an only slightly longer life cycle, and a bugger of a disposal problem.

The future will not be there except for a few specialised vehicles. Don’t be fooled into thinking that you would save the environment.

Every time I see and hear a V8...I smile as I picture the Greens and their crazy eyes.

Electric cars (negatives): Unsustainable in reality - Short life relative to petrol driven; Battery renewal costs a fortune; Lithium battery fire hazard; Lithium battery disposal is problematic; Lithium mining involves child-slavery and is environmental destructive; Temperature affected - will not start in very cold conditions.

I have to applaud Michael laws in his self-restraint in not interrupting the person he is interviewing. Rare quality....perhaps TOO restrained at times....but laudable all the same. I wish he was still in govt as i remember him being one of the first populist real mover and shakers to speak the truth and reflect on how 'Joe public' felt and what needed to change without all the politially-correct window dressing before the word WOKE was even heard of. Glad he is still relevant today.....hence the reason I'm watching this podcast on u tube i guess!

will the new EVs be culturally safe for the delicate maoris?

When tesla makes a $25000 car & robotaxi it will be game over for ice cars taxis & uber...😅

EVs will fail as they are not better (actually inferior), than what they are supposed to replace.

Intriguing that people love the idea of electric vehicles saving the environment - so long as all the stuff needed to make the batteries is ripped out of the ground in some tin pot third world country, not here. Out of sight, out of mind. As for all the electrical fires you may get with them well, too bad. Charging stations? How many and at what cost? Overloading the national grid when they all get plugged in? Well, we'll be used to blackouts fairly soon the way things are going. And when it comes to disposing of their batteries we haven't even got decent systems to dispose of all the run of the mill everyday batteries we use now. EV's don't you just love 'em!

In November 2020 I wrote a "Letter to the Editor" and it was printed in the New Zealand Herald. The letter briefed how the NZ power grid could not cope with a huge increase of electric cars and nor could it cope with the shift to renewables... as expected, some commentary but nothing happened. Of note is that I copied in every member of parliament and (useless) Transpower ... no doubt the letter was filed in the "round filing bin". What do they think is going to happen when people get home from work each day? They will plug in their electric cars...

My best mate worked and saved for a year full time to make $1500 in 1980 to buy a Mk1Cortina that had had about 7 owners. This was a fortune and used cars were at a bit of a premium on the market. In a school of 1000, 4 kids drove their cars to school. Within a decade I was a young teacher on the bones of my a*** and the school car park was full of kids BMWs, SUVs, good quality Toyotas and Hondas, and one Maserati. (Semi-Rural Waikato school). The same kids used to criticise me for not buying raffle tickets for their fundraiser for their trip to The Gold Coast. But, hey, we had a great time in that Mk1! We felt like kings 😅.

Interesting interview but why cut it short

With a recent small cold snap that has forced our electricity supplier to warn of blackouts then it’s safe to say that BEV’s will only add to the electricity shortages of the future. Electric energy is extremely difficult and expensive to store. On the other hand hydrocarbons can be stored in a bottle and for a much longer time without degradation.

Listening to your conversation with Richard Bosselman about the future of electric vehicles (EVs) in New Zealand was enlightening. However, there are significant challenges and limitations that accompany the transition to electric vehicles and the broader goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Here are some key points to consider:

I actually argued for tax incentives on hybrids so the more economical it was the more you got off. Hybrids suit nz roads way better and don't require additional infrastructure.

In my youth I drove a 1935 Chrysler. It had the steering wheel mounted at the end of a solid steel tube aimed at my chest, that extended forward near to the front axle line! No seat belts either! Thank God I didn't hit anything.

The riskiest time on the road used to be 7pm Saturday night from a Ford Mark 3 Zepher!

I remember about 1970 my father owned a Vauxhall that was so light in the back that when it was wet it couldn’t get up the hill to our house in Dunedin. He put two be lumps of steel in the boot that helped. In those days when he ordered a new car he had to wait four years from home of order.

My ice vehicle costs over 100 bucks to fill,my wifes ev costs 25 bucks to charge for the same