There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway’s roads
There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway’s roads
There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway’s roads
There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway’s roads
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I’d love some perspective on how they handle recharging for urban apartments dwellers. Or do they just not have cars?
In the US, lots of people live in apartments and park on the street.
Must be nice getting a piece of your nation’s GDP.
New cars
I want to go to there.
The actual numbers will only be released at the end of the month, but it’s a reasonable extrapolation.
In August electric cars were at 26.1% while gas cars were at 26.3%.
Note: Diesel cars are still ahead of both, at 34.9%.
See https://elbil.no/om-elbil/elbilstatistikk/elbilbestand/
While this is good news, it also shows how long it takes for electric cars to make up a meaningful share of the cars on the road even if their market share has been greater than 80% for years like in Norway.
So much for the “they don’t work in cold weather” argument
When I was working in Oslo some 11 years ago, they were building the world’s first hydrogen filling station at a local gas station. Not surprised by this at all.
Anyone know if gas stations and auto mechanics are changing? Are they adapting or closing?
I was just in Trondheim. I would estimate that close to 50% of all newer cars I saw were electric. Overall, I’d estimate 35% were electric there. I asked a Norwegian colleague about it and was told that in very rural areas, there are still many ICE cars but in urban areas most are moving to electric. Nearly everyone I spoke to said their experience with electric was better than with ICE. There seemed to be lots of charging options and there were very strong incentives to buy electric. Plus there are a lot more options there than in US. It’s not just expensive cars.
Norway continues to get rich off of fossil fuels.
Norway is happy drilling oil anywhere and keep their own country clean
That’s very surprising when you consider the climate there is pretty cold most of the year. Batteries shouldn’t be working or charging as well as in warmer climates, but they seem to be fine enough for so many people to be driving them! Thats pretty good to hear.
Don’t electric cars lose significant battery life/mileage in cold climates?
electricity is the future, clearly
The better headline would be: “Electric Cars Surge, but Fossil Fuels Still Account for 61.2% of Cars on the Road in Norway”
Shocking.