Auckland's EV ferries need a Queenstown-sized charge

Auckland's EV ferries need a Queenstown-sized charge
The 40km range of the new electric ferries is probably an "overestimate". (Image: Supplied)
Brent Melville
Auckland Transport issued tender documents last week to start updating its wharves to cope with an electrified ferry network that will require the same level of power to run a town the size of Queenstown.The tender proposal outlines a two-stage approach, including infrastructure upgrades to connect to Vector's network at the downtown ferry terminal, Half Moon Bay and Hobsonville Pt terminals by 2024.The second stage will see high-voltage cabling run through to another six sites by 2030. That's likely to be at Bayswater, Birkenhead, Devo...

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