1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: Heller do for ce Allen. 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 2: Nine two nine two text number, let me know what 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 2: you think standard text fees applied chippies with us after 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 2: five Now Auckland Councilor Richard Hills has come out against 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 2: what he calls antiev propaganda in the wake of the 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: recent bus collision on Tarmaki Drive. The investigation is still ongoing, 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 2: but you know the one, the one where the bus 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 2: was involved in the road was shut for more than 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: twenty four hours. We now know it was the petrol 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: vehicle that caused the fire. It wasn't the Lithian batteries 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 2: on the electric bus. And Council of Richard Hills is 12 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 2: with us now, Hi, Richard? 13 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: Sure that? 14 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 3: So you were so worked up about this he hit 15 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 3: the old Facebook, did you? 16 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean it was just kind of shocking to 17 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: watch it roll out, as these things do. In the moment, 18 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: I mean, we were all worried about the poor driver 19 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: and his family and obviously massive condolences again to him. 20 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: But then all I saw everywhere was told you told 21 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: your EV buses, told your EV batteries, and it was 22 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: all incorrect. 23 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 2: So what is the correct story there? Why was the 24 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: road because that's a long time, Richard for a road 25 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: to be shut out. 26 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: So the road I think the bus was moved within. 27 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: So the accident happened on Wednesday night and the bus 28 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: was removed on Thursday night. So yes, about twenty six hours. 29 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: But that's completely up to Finns and police that whether 30 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: there's investigations or other. 31 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 3: And why did it take so long? 32 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, so that that'll be up to them to explain 33 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: as far as I no, no, but they haven't obviously 34 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: come up with the full what is. 35 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 3: The misinformation that you were trying to correct? 36 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: So it was just the misinformation about that the bus court. 37 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: You know, it was a bus fire. The evs blew up, 38 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: the batteries blew up all that kind of stuff. So 39 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: it was a significant fire caused by the the car itself. 40 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: So Fins have confirmed that, and then Kinetic obviously who 41 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: extremely upset they've lost the colleague, also put out a 42 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,559 Speaker 1: statement that the batteries were on unharmed, like they didn't 43 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: catch fire and didn't create the massive fire that we saw. 44 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: It was obviously someone on the other who hit the 45 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: bus on the wrong side of the road. 46 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: Now my understanding is what people were saying was that 47 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 2: the reason people were blaming the electric vehicle, right, the 48 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: bus for the fact that the road was closed for 49 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: that long, And that is actually correct, isn't it not? 50 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 3: That I okay, because what I understand. Let me tell 51 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 3: you what I understand. 52 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,399 Speaker 2: What I understand is that that bus was structurally unsafe, 53 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 2: so they had they took some time to rebuild the 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: structure inside so they could actually get on. But once 55 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: they got on the bus, Richard, what they saw was 56 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: battery packs hanging through the roof, and so they were 57 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: worried about that. Which vehicles put battery packs in the roof? 58 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 2: Electric vehicles, right, So it's because it was an electric 59 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 2: vehicle with batteries and the roof that were hanging down. 60 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 2: They then had to somehow isolate those batteries. So it 61 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 2: actually was the fact that it was an electric vehicle 62 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 2: that was a problem. But secondly, they saw gas leaking 63 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: and they worried that it was the lithium batteries that 64 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 2: were starting to disintegrate. Actually it was an aircom problem. 65 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 2: But again they were treating it differently because it was 66 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: an electric vehicle. 67 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 3: Am I wrong? 68 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. They always have pretty significant investigations when 69 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: someone okay. 70 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 3: Because we have this so good authority. So actually so. 71 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 2: Actually it was because it was an electric vehicle that 72 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 2: the road was closed for more than twenty four hours. 73 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, So I didn't mention anything on my post about 74 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: the road being closed. My concern was just the constant 75 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: basically told yourselves everywhere about it. 76 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 3: But it has told you so. It has told you so, 77 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 3: because this cannot happen again, Richard. 78 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 2: If we have an electric vehicle that has a crash 79 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: on Tamaqui, drive, an electric bus it has a crash 80 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 2: on Tomachi. 81 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 3: Grow, you cannot shut a road for twenty four hours. 82 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: It's too long, Yeah, and like we need those answers 83 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: from the police and fins when it comes along. But 84 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: I guess my post was just about I was disappointed 85 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: that someone passed away and all I saw for those twelve, 86 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: twenty four or thirty six hours were people just riding 87 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: pretty incorrect information that caused the crash, that the bus 88 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: caught on fire first, all this kind of stuff when 89 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: it was a significant fire from within the petrol engine, 90 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: and it was just, yeah, it was just kind of 91 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: like we should all wait and see around information before 92 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: we jumped straight on online and start putting out stuff 93 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: within sort of twelve hours of someone, well instantly hours 94 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 1: after someone passed away. Okay, yeah, that's all. I was 95 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: sort of pointing out that it was a shame. 96 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you. I appreciate time. 97 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 2: Richard Hill's Auckland counselor So, if you thought it was 98 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 2: because it was an electric vehicle, it was, but we 99 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: did some extensive looking into it for you, it was 100 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 2: because it was an electric vehicle. In the end, Now 101 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: mark twenty four hours to shut Tamaki Drive. 102 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 3: That was a nightmare, willn't it. 103 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Alan Drive, listen live to 104 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,559 Speaker 1: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 105 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.