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We've had our electric vehicle for about two
years. So we were looking for a new car anyway,
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and we didn't really like going to the petrol
station. And electric vehicles are ahead of the
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curve, new technology. We'd done a little bit
of research and when we did a test drive of
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a car we were convinced. When we get home at the
end of the day, we plug it in and we have it set.
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It starts about an hour before we
get in the car, where it warms itself up.
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The window screen is defogged, the steering wheel's
warm, the seats are warm, the aircon's on. So you
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get into a car that's ready to drive straight
away. What I really love about it is that it's
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zippy, it feels safe. Through Wellington, it's quite
good on hills, so you're up and down quite quickly
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if you need to be. And as you're driving down the
hills it charges and you can watch it charging and
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that's quite satisfying as well. We have taken
this car on some quite big trips up to Tauranga
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and back to Wellington. Every now and then
we'll go to Whanganui. You know that you're
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going to have some stops, but you just make
the most of that - you take the dog for a walk,
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you stop for a coffee, you have a break, you
take it a bit slower - and that's all right.
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This is the perfect everyday car. And we
have another car that we sometimes use for
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longer trips. We may only end up with one
car - and if we do, it will be the EV.
