We have no clocked up over 3,000km since we got back to Waiheke, which is the same as we usually do each year.
Driving the eVan is great. We set it for increased brake regeneration and drive just using the gas pedal. Roundabouts, giveway and stop signs and pedestrian crossings are about the only time we use the foot brake. This really benefits us as we gain 40% of the power that we use from regeneration.
The radio is still crappy and Jim hasn't got around to ordering a new one from eBay and putting it in. We don't listen to it much around Waiheke, but it would be nice to hear Coast in the car again. (The station is just above the limits of the Japanese radio with a NZ converter on it.)
Cost-wise, it is unbelievable. Today we got the power bill for July 2019 and comparing the electrical costs for the house and charging the eVan, for the past 12 months, the eVan costs us just $0.90 per week compared with the year previous to that. It's all down to the solar panels and us making better use of the power they produce by charging on bright sunny days. Compare that 90 cents a week with the usual cost for the Suzuki, which was about $100 per month. It's not going to make any impression on paying back the cost of the eVan, and we aren't after that, but it does give us another $1000 a year disposable income that we would never had access to with a petrol fuelled vehicle.
And the best thing about having an EV is that robbing sods in government and Auckland City don't get a cent from us in the way of their highly overpriced fuel tax!!!!!
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