Electric Cherries: this big orchard just ditched diesel

[@lyledal]

I want to work at this orchard! So cool!

[@simonwood6932]

Great setup!

[@Tony44105]

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[@AndyM...]

What a setup, would have been cool to rock up in the Allegro !!! 🤠😎

[@EcotricityNZ]

One day sooooon! -Gav

[@Allewis55]

Top eco-journalism as usual from our fearless Gavin. He always knows the right questions to ask.

[@xchopp]

Nice Kona Electric, super-comfortable and super-efficient!

[@johnhornblow4347]

Cool site, interesting to see The Chinese brand GoodWE in the mix. And oh, such tidy wiring...

[@SteveBrady_AU]

This is inspiring!

[@Hunter-EVOutback]

yes, 4 years ago, we put 40kw of solar and 25 kw Battery on our business in Alice Springs, with enough surplus to add a 30kw fast charger for the public and still have $0 bills down from $1k per month... never going back!

[@jimi-w]

Looks pretty amazing!

[@christopherj2231]

Great stuff.

[@aarondavidson6409]

epic setup

[@kevinmair7571]

Excellent!!

[@user-th1fs3if6i]

Very impressed. No doubt it would cost more than stated amount of NZ $250k if sponsorship is excluded, but when you consider.the scale of the project even a cost of NZ $300k would still be cheap.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Planting panels is just another part of farming 🙂

[@RandomAccountHolder]

They should have hired you to convert the Hilux!

[@sausage5849]

Wow! Mowing Manapouri's lawn lol.

[@theunknownunknowns256]

Also the cherry on top is they get to ask a premium price for their product. If kiwi farmers were smart, they are not by they way, they would all switch to such systems immediately. China could supply solar pv in a 'blink of a eye'. But Shame slip me a koha Jones likes fossil money better.

[@theunknownunknowns256]

Only joking uncle Shane would never do anything like cost motel adult videos to tax payers.... wait what?!

[@shiningone3538]

I would love to know what their power and fuel bills were before

[@HarmLessSolutionsNZ]

Gav checking out his happy place, and then to put the cherry on top they're converting an old Hilux to electric. Too much!!! And in associated news we're seeing our own in-credit monthly electricity accounts for the first time this summer, with both EVs fully charged. Roll on summer.

[@banzonGreat]

I have a Nissan Leaf and Hyundai ioniq 28kw... The 2 cheapest EV I could afford... about 2 years already without buying any petrol. But still 2 years ago these EV is still sooo expensive. But I save alot of petrol cost already for the past 2 years :) I think another 10 years before I could get my Return of investment...

[@jeremyfk]

👍

[@jools2323]

Common sense.