State of our roads.

[Lilith7]

We could all use less power. If we chose to. Turning stuff off at the wall for instance. Using less hot water. Rationalising unnecessary energy heavy tasks. If we chose to...

Meantime, there are plans under discussion for a new hydro 'battery' scheme - https://www.mbie.govt.nz/building-and-en...ow-option/

I think quite a lot of our generation do that now, but i think more publicity/education about turning stuff out, not wasting power wouldn't be a bad idea.

[harm_less]

Even if NZ has thousands of EVs , they are going to have to be recharged, oh wait we need to burn coal to create the electricity to do that because the infrastructure we have in this country certainly wont be able to cope with all the extra power.

That criticism of EVs is being touted worldwide. This video is a well presented explanation based on US grid but ours is not that disimilar.
We can justify spending on a replacement battery for our 10 year old Leaf as it will allow the car to be used in a similar way as for a Tesla Powerwall home battery. Presently Nissan are the only EV on the NZ market with Chademo connectivity so the Leaf is worth holding onto in view of that.
Unfortunately our Polestar2 can't be used V2G as its larger battery would be great in that respect.