EV-angelists preach gospel of the rapture of their electric carsMIKE MATHER/STUFF Keith Patton is thrilled with his Tesla Model S P100D, a fully electric car with a surprising amount of oomph on the road. MIKE MATHER/STUFF Te Kopuku High School student Te Morenga Maihi gets some assisting propulsion from mentor Aidan Ratcliffe. Patton said he had wanted to get himself a Tesla electric car ever since the company began producing them. The crowd of people oogling the late-model electric cars assembled by the racetrack have been augmented by dozens of students taking part in the regional finals of the EVolocity Challenge. I'm really here to chat to people from an owner's perspective and demystify electric cars, show them that they are just as good and reliable and powerful as the cars they are driving.

Source: Stuff September 16, 2017 03:11 UTC