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EV, PHEV, ICE? Do we even need cars at all?
8 Feb 2024
I've already written about the fact that the New Zealand government is about to introduce road-user charges for EVs.
In the past week or so I've spoken to a number of EV owners who all seem rather sanguine about the matter.
However, owners of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) seem a little less impressed with the changes.
Forums are Down
Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?
I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/
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