Iwebhusayithi kahulumeni waseNew Zealand usanda kubika ukuthi uNgqongqoshe wezokuthutha waseNew Zealand uBishop noNgqongqoshe wezamandla uWatts bamemezele ndawonye ngosuku olufanayo ukuthi uhulumeni waseNew Zealand uzobuyekeza imodeli yokuhlanganyela nokubambisana nezigaba ezizimele ukuze asheshise ukukhuthazwa kweziteshi zokushaja zomphakathi ze-EV ezindaweni ezahlukene.

Ngokombiko, ekupheleni kuka-2024, kuzoba neziteshi zokushaja zomphakathi eziyi-1,378 ze-EVs eNew Zealand. I-ratio yemoto ukuya kumshaja ingu-84:1. Uhulumeni uhlose ukwandisa inani leziteshi zokushaja zibe ngu-10,000 ngonyaka ka-2030, uphakamisa i-ratio yemoto ukuya kumshaja ibe ngu-40:1 ukuze kuncishiswe "ukukhathazeka kokuhamba" kwabathengi futhi kwenze ukuba ne-EV kube lula ngangokunokwenzeka.

UBhishop uthe ama-EV njengamanje enza ngaphezu kuka-2% wezithuthi ezilula eNew Zealand futhi kulindeleke ukuthi afinyelele cishe ku-11% ngonyaka ka-2030. Ngaphansi kwezimo zamanje, ukutshalwa kwezimali emkhakheni ozimele ekwakheni izinsiza zokushaja kuqhubeka kancane ngenxa yokubona ukuthi kunokunganele ukukhangwa, kanti ukukhula kokufuna ukushaja kunqunywa ukungabi khona kwezikhala zokushaja zomphakathi. Le "dilemma yeqanda noma inkukhu" ibambezela ukwandiswa kwezinhlelo zokushaja zomphakathi, kudingeka ukuhlela kukamasipala. Uhulumeni uzofunda kumodeli ephumelelayo yecebo le-ultra-high-speed broadband futhi udlule kumodeli yokuthenga esezingeni eliphezulu nephumelelayo.

UBhishopu uthe kuze kube ngu-NZD 68.5 million kuhlelwe ukuze kusekelwe abakhiqizi abazimele ekubambeni iqhaza ekwakheni izinsiza zokushaja zomphakathi ngendlela yezikweletu ezithile. Uma kuqhathaniswa nezibonelelo zendabuko, izikweletu zizophumeleliswa ngokushesha, ngesikhathi sinciphisa ubunzima, izindleko nezingozi, futhi zisebenzisa imali yab private sector ekwakheni izinsiza zokushaja zomphakathi kusenesikhathi. Ngasikhathi sinye, ukujolisa ekutshaleni imali kwab private sector kuzokuqinisekisa imiphumela emikhulu ngempela ngemali encane yokukhokha intela. Izikweletu ezithile zizokhokhela kuze kube ngu-50% wezindleko zephrojekthi futhi zizoklonyeliswa ngohlelo lokuncintisana lokutshalwa kwemali ngokuhlanganyela ngentela engama-zero isikhathi eside esingama-13 eminyaka. Abafakizicelo bangathumela iphakheji yeziphakamiso zokwakha amaqoqo amaningi eziteshi zokushaja.