BTW, as of late Tesla isn't at all the big leader over there: https://eu-evs.com/marketShare
It seems like Volkswagen is making some real inroads in the EV market based on that data. Is this correct? What has fueled it—is there a particular model?
Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
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Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#22Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#23Also the reason why the government is also slowly phasing out incentives to the electric cars.
They're not phasing out the #1 incentive to buy electric cars: Insanely high gasoline prices (nor should they). So I'm not seeing a regression in the making here.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#24So 14 out of the 25 cars sold there? I jest ;-)
From the article:
New car sales in the country last year were 141,412, of which 76,789 were fully electric.
We're a small country, so yeah not huge numbers but...
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, it is not. Oil is used for more than just cars.
Yes, I am aware (why wouldn't I be?). To me it is obvious that the solution to the global climate change crisis isn't rich countries buying new luxorious cars, that happen to be electric. That's a very western-centric view.
Agreed, ideally there's be more walking, (electric) biking, and public transit.
Still though, switching from gasoline cars to electric ones is a substantial improvement.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#26BTW, as of late Tesla isn't at all the big leader over there: https://eu-evs.com/marketShare
All marques seem cyclic due to new models being released I guess.
Tesla is cyclic because they're delivered on boats that have to transit the Panama canal. And because Tesla runs on the stock market quarterly cycle. The cars manufactured in the first month of the quarter are mostly delivered to Europe for delivery in the last month of the quarter. The cars manufactured in the second month get delivered to Eastern North America and the third month cars get delivered to California and close states. That way most cars are delivered in the same quarter they are manufactured in. So over 4000 cars were delivered in Norway in December, but only 200 in october.
The COVID-19 shutdown disrupted that cycle, so December was really the only month this year that Tesla delivered a significant number of cars to Norway.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#27This is almost completely a result of artificial government imposed constraints that make ICE vehicles exceedingly more expensive there. It really has nothing to do with free market choice. A new Tesla Model 3 costs less than a Subaru Outback or Mini Cooper [0]. A VW eGolf also costs less than a base model ICE Golf.
[0] https://www.skatteetaten.no/globalassets/tabeller-og-satser/...
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, it is not. Oil is used for more than just cars.
Yes, I am aware (why wouldn't I be?). To me it is obvious that the solution to the global climate change crisis isn't rich countries buying new luxorious cars, that happen to be electric. That's a very western-centric view.
There's no one silver bullet solution. There are dozens of different things that need to happen that, in total, sufficiently reduce the emitted CO2. Surface level transport makes up for a significant amount of worldwide emissions, and as such phasing out petroleum-powered cars for electric-powered cars is absolutely part of the overall solution for climate change.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#29BTW, as of late Tesla isn't at all the big leader over there: https://eu-evs.com/marketShare
It seems like Volkswagen is making some real inroads in the EV market based on that data. Is this correct? What has fueled it—is there a particular model?
I'm guessing the ID.3, at least that's the one that dominates here in Norway[1].
[1]: https://ofv.no/registreringsstatistikk (select "Desember" and check out the 2020 "Hittil" column)
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#30Also the reason why the government is also slowly phasing out incentives to the electric cars.
They're not phasing out the #1 incentive to buy electric cars: Insanely high gasoline prices (nor should they). So I'm not seeing a regression in the making here.
Buying a car in Norway or even from abroad has always been very expensive because of the taxes Norway poses on regular cars:
> https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/duties/cars-and-other-...
Electric cars are exempt from these taxes which is why they are so attractive in Norway for customers. Electric cars are also exempt from road fees.
Overall, electric cars in Norway are still getting 2.4 billion USD subsidies per year:
> https://www.nettavisen.no/okonomi/norge-sponser-elbileiere-m...
I mean, of course people are buying electric cars under these circumstances.