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Originally Posted by Southwest737
1) Norway Is the Only Country Where the Majority of Car Sales are All-Electric
Norway is one of the coldest regions in the world and is crisscrossed by fjords that make some areas difficult to access. Given concerns that EV batteries don’t run effectively in low temperatures and don’t have as long a range as gasoline vehicles, one would expect that Norway would be one of the last regions to adopt EVs. To the contrary, Norway and its Scandinavian neighbors such as Iceland and Sweden are far and away the leaders in EV adoption. Eight out of 10 passenger car sales in Norway were all-electric vehicles in 2022, with 150,000 sold in total.
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Norway is NOT even 4% the size of the U.S. Norway is finding out that their push for EVs has been somewhat of a disaster, because what they really want is a reduction in cars on the road. Something like 2% of the country's budget is going to subsidies for those purchasing EVs which has turned out to be a redistribution of tax revenues to the rich, because they are the only ones that can afford them in Norway.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. In this case, the other side of the ocean. Remember, the U.S. is about 30 times larger than Norway. Size does matter...
