Take Charge eXpo

Sat & Sunday ay the convention centre.

Like the same expo last year, this consisted of 30-40 electric vehicles in the main auditorium. They still consist of mainly expensive SUVs, saloon and sporty cars. The most expensive, probably the  Porsche Taycan. While most had spec sheets, some of them seemed confused about the difference between the engine power rating and the charge rate.

I would maintain that the most important spec is the maximum DC power a vehicle could charge at. Some of those at the vehicle stands struggled to know what this was. Of those I could get an answer, the max was 150kw, interesting as we have some 300kw chargers in Auckland.

The most knowledgeable was ChargeNet (as they should be ). I was told that more 150kw chargers were coming to the South Island.

Following are vehicles seen at the expo, but not last year.