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Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’ | Nordic country, paradoxically a major oil producer, has set target for all new cars sold to be zero emission (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

That’s where their welfare money comes from. If they’re burning it at home they can’t sell it abroad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can any Norwegians say which models of cars are being bought there? And any info on infrastructure and electric rates, etc. are affecting adoption of EV?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The biggest driver of sales is undoubtedly the tax break: For EVs the VAT (sales tax) of 25 percent is dropped for the first 500k NOK of the car’s price (~50k USD).

Last month, 94.2 percent of all sold (registered) cars were BEVs (so hybrids not included). The top two models were Tesla Model Y and Volvo EX30.

Charging infrastructure is great, and omnipresent. The price of electricity has actually gone up quite a bit the last couple of years, but gas/petrol and diesel is still quite a bit more expensive (think ~8 USD/gallon)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you comment on

  • the general speed of infrastructure -how many kW? More slow or DC fast?
  • price difference between home rates and public fast chargers
  • do most people seem to be charging at the DC fast chargers, at home, or at slower chargers outside shopping and etc.
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

These are my observations, however I haven't fact checked.

Most new chargers are 150kW I believe, however many of the older ones are 50kW. Tesla also has quite a few superchargers, where some (or maybe all?) of their chargers are opened up for other cars. (In Europe, or at least Norway, Tesla doesn't use their own proprietary plug)

There are comparatively very few public AC chargers, but many (most?) people have one at home, since charging directly from the socket is legally regarded as a backup solution. Most people charge at home and use the DC chargers for longer trips.

I believe the price per kW for DC charging is about 6 times more expensive than charging at home.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

It is easy for the Nordic countries to proclaim themselves "green" while exploiting the natural resources of capitalism's periphery, the global south, and polluting their land.