Rural Australia not ready for EVs, warns NSW Farmers chair

The Land

While supportive of new technology, Reg Kidd says EV rollout plans overlook the realities of regional life — long distances, heavy loads, and too few charging stations.

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00:00I certainly believe that some people have been sold misinformation on how far some of these

00:06vehicles can go. It depends very, very much on your speed and your load. Now, if I've got a one

00:12tonne ute, if I've got half a tonne on it or one tonne, it does a lot less distance because of the

00:20weight on it. They don't really tell you that. And I think even with a passenger vehicle, you might

00:26be going on holidays. You've got your kids in your vehicle and you've got your ports and toys and all

00:32the bits and pieces that you're taking. It will decrease the amount of kilometres your vehicle

00:38will go. So I think there's a lot of things to be understood before, you know, we just jump in and

00:44say by a certain date, we've got to have that. Make sure that the infrastructure is in place, particularly

00:49in regional New South Wales and Australia, and the realities of the need for out here. In the city,

00:58fine. You've got lots and lots of charging stations. You've got public transport via trains and buses

01:04and all sorts of bits and pieces.

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