Number of Electric Cars in Norway surpass Petrol Cars. The country has become the first in the world by this indicator
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Number of Electric Cars in Norway surpass Petrol Cars. The country has become the first in the world by this indicator
by ua-stena
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I’d comment on the contrast of an oil producing country achieving this but the badly AI generated image takes me out of it. What the fuck are those cables?
Of course not mentioned in the headline:
Number of diesel cars is still higher than petrol.
Norway is a hilly place and that extra torque in diesel engines is needed.
Mars feels insulted. The whole _planet_ went EV only decades ago, and yet it gets to recognition.
Don’t get high on your own supply
They still make billions from their oil industry and have made owning and buying a petroleum car basically too costly for most people.
In Denmark we are not allowed to see news like that. Can’t have anything interfere with the Danish self image as the best at green transition. When we are obviously not by any means.
That’s great I guess but just like many other accomplishments (prisons that look more comfortable than many hotels, great social security, etc.) it’s much less impressive when you take into account the fact that Norway basically has an unlimited fossil fuel cash flow and a modern enough government and social model that makes sure that this money isn’t hoarded by a small elite but redistributed among the entire population.
And apparently the cold winters in Norway don’t bother electric vehicle drivers at all.. I wonder what US critics are saying
Waiting for something better then EV
yeah but what about worldwide? electric car sales declining a LOT so singling out a country with a smaller population than London is kinda moot no?
Now take away incentives… oops.
It’s amazing what you can achieve with just a little bit of money from your huge oil and gas industry
I wish Finland would implement (or rather bring back) the EV incentives.
Having an EV in the far north is difficult; the range takes an incredible hit in the winter and there are very few chargers in the north. If you drive the longer distances we have regularly, you essentially have to get a car with the highest range possible.
That’s just not feasible for so many, as the car prices here are absurd. The sales tax was increased to 25.5% and due to the heavy import taxes and customs, importing cars from more affordable countries is also rarely worth the time.
Being a small rich country certainly helps.
Ngl I’m already feeling the “change” in Climate Change
What a bunch of crying dipshits out here, whining about every bit of positive news. Uhhmm akshually ☝️🤓 looking mfs
It’s more like being able to afford one vs not rather than electric vs petrol
Should be noted that Norway has always been one of the testbed countries for EVs – so we’re more or less 10-12 years into it.
rich countries have more people with rich people toys.
“Never get high off your own supply.”
Same evil. The electric car is here to save the car industry, not the world.
How do they charge their batteries? If from electricity generated from renewable sources, then this makes sense. If not, then it doesn’t make a lot of sense.
How their batteries work in cold winters?
Because they invested in infrastructure and they kept the purchase incentives (along with taxing ICE vehicles harder). It’s not that difficult, but most governments toyed around with subsidies only long enough for it to benefit rich early adopters and then dropped them before any entry level EVs were available for normal people.
I find this headline pretty misleading. It sounds like more electric than combustion engine cars are sold, which isn’t true. Most are still Diesel powered. Petrol usually means combustion engine for normal people who don’t make a distinction between diesel and petrol.