Tiwai smelter to close

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Plenty of excess generation from Manapouri. Time for the government to implement some EV incentives to help mop it up.

Firstly the government will have to upgrade the transmission lines to enable the power to be made available where the population is in the north island.  Then a network of fast re-charging stations will need to be established throughout the country so that EVs can match the range of other vehicles.

Plans or installation already well underway on both counts:
https://www.transpower.co.nz/news/transp...es-project

https://charge.net.nz/map/