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Jack Tame: Time to get used to electric cars

Publish Date
Sat, 15 Jul 2017, 10:18AM
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Jack Tame: Time to get used to electric cars

Publish Date
Sat, 15 Jul 2017, 10:18AM

Jack Tame doesn't usually get excited about cars, but this morning he shares his admiration for electric Teslas.

"I love Teslas for what they represent. A friend summed it up to me beautifully the other day:

"Buy any new vehicle these days, he said, and any vehicle is likely to come with all sort of automated and computerised systems - the traction controls and all that sort of stuff. Half of them, you won't even know they exist.

"Any new vehicle in 2017 is a car featuring computer technology. But buy a Tesla and it's the other way around - it's a computer featuring a car."

Many cities around the world are rushing to build infrastructure for the cars, and some economists say switching New Zealand's cars to electric makes a lot of sense.

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