NZ All That's Tesla Podcast

Feb 29 2024 91 ep. 25 mins 13
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Alex Shepherd and Martin Kane chat to existing owners of all things Tesla. We put voices to the names that we see in the Social Media feeds and hear about the effect that Tesla is having on the New Zealand community.

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Aaron Panapa - Model S P85+

Feb 29 2024 32 mins  
Aaron lives in Christchurch and has owned his imported Model S P85+ for four months after wanting something a little bit beyond the normal. He's got a few extra tweaks planned for the inside.

Ryan McCaffrey - Ride the Lightning

Jan 31 2024 17 mins  
Ryan McCaffrey hosts one of the most influential Tesla podcasts in the world - Ride The Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast. Alex met up with him in San Francisco and asks him about the differences that exist between Tesla owners in USA and New Zealand.

Grant - Model X in Mount Eden

Dec 31 2023 41 mins  
HAPPY NEW YEAR to our listeners! In this first episode of 2024, Alex chats with a gentleman who would like to be known just as 'Grant - from Mt Eden'. We hear about the Model X as a family car; how it works out for charging on trips. Then we both talk a little about Autopilot and solar panels, and a few other related topics.

NEWS for December 2023

Dec 26 2023 42 mins  
Alex and Martin chat through what's happened over 2023, and our expectations and EV predictions for 2024. Thank you to our listeners, and particularly our Patreon supporters who help by covering the hosting costs to keep these episodes online.

Scottie Young - A register of the rare Teslas

Oct 31 2023 29 mins  
Scottie Young is a church pastor based in North Canterbury. He owns a Tesla Model S 75D and is about to upgrade to a P100D. Scottie is quite a tinkerer and has already created his own home battery storage system. He's now on a mission to establish a register of the rarer Teslas in New Zealand.

Rob Birnie - Don't Pull The Plug

Oct 01 2023 51 mins  
In this special election-season episode, Alex meets Rob Birnie to discuss implications for the Clean Car Discount and Clean Car Standard - a half-hour discussion portraying several scenarios and outcomes. We ask the questions; can fuel pricing achieve the same results? Does a 'clean car fee' unfairly penalise some buyers? And what about emission categories other than transport? Al

Justin Boyd - Four EVs and an EV Association

Sep 30 2023 34 mins  
Justin is another of New Zealand's early adopters. He has been a long-time Administrator of the NZ EV Owners Group and lead the way in attempts to establish the EV Association of Aotearoa. He has owned four different EVs in his time and has recently moved to Christchurch to fulfil an exciting career in project management.

NEWS for September 2023

Sep 03 2023 46 mins  
Alex and Martin get together to talk about some of the news about Tesla in New Zealand, including: Tesla Model 3 update New Tesla Superchargers (all in the North Island) Full Self Drive transfers for Model S and Model X owners.

Jason Batchelor - Model S P85+ Import

Aug 31 2023 42 mins  
Jason is a Network Engineer at Orion Networks in Christchurch. His EV journey began with a conversion of a motorbike (everyone else was doing cars!) and he always had the dream to own a Model S. That opportunity came in the form of a Japanese import and Jason is extremely happy with the decision and the support he has had from the Christchurch Tesla Service Centre. We talk also abo

Telly Power - Model S Import

Jul 31 2023 22 mins  
Telly Power is a Christchurch-based owner of an imported Model S. She was looking out for a Model S and noticed one on the yard at Christchurch European. Telly has been very pleased with the support she has received there from Niki Mills, the Managing Director.