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I believe NZ EV buyers will be people buying to commute within a city or town. Most EV purchases are secondhand imports from Japan with limited mileage. While you do see EVs out in the wild, they will generally only be the new ones (Teslas, BYDS mainly) as there are not many places to charge outside of a city.

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> Most EV purchases are secondhand imports from Japan with limited mileage

While Leaf is still super popular, most are actually new cars - mostly chinese and Tesla's.

> there are not many places to charge outside of a city

There are quite a bit to the point that owning old Leafs is feasible.

When I visited the South Island last year and rented a (gasoline) car I was struck by how little infrastructure there was even in the towns. And on the freeways there was almost nothing by the side of the road between towns every 30-50 miles.

Yep the South Island is bigger and less populated. The north island is very suitable for EV’s and there is a strong deployment of EV charger infrastructure.

All in all, north island driving distances are just pretty small. And the roads so windy you need a rest before you’d run out of juice.

Drastically different to Australia where you can drive at 110km/h in a dead straight line for hours on end.

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