Stretch: Southlight Charging: fast chargers on a New Zealand highway
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The prompt
First, estimate how many public fast chargers New Zealand needs when 10 percent of its cars and vans are electric. Then: Southlight Charging, a New Zealand charging company, is thinking about building a six-charger site on a main highway. Should it build?
Difficulty: Stretch. Format: market-sizing opener, then a business question. Industry: Energy and transport. Region: New Zealand. Interview length: about 35 minutes. The company is fictional and all figures are illustrative.
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