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I ask because the lifespan of current batteries seems to be around 8 years (going by manufacturers' warranties), and the battery pack amounts to approximately 30% of the price of the car. So people buying an used electric car will likely face a large maintenance cost after a while.
Isn't that a strange thing, considering Norway is vast, has low population density especially in the north, and has own oil resources available?
20% of Norway's GDP comes from pumping oil out of the ground and selling it for others to burn. If they were really green that would stop.
Isn't that a strange thing, considering Norway is vast, has low population density especially in the north, and has own oil resources available?
Norway is wealthy thanks to selling fossil fuels. Norwegians feel guilty about that, but not guilty enough to stop selling them. This is essentially performative environmentalism from them. Still, it will help other countries by throwing up unforeseen problems in all-electric ground transportation, and some solutions.
Who would've thunk, economic incentives help!? Sadly in many other places the deciding economic incentives are the ones the politicians get from the oil and ICE car industry.
20% of Norway's GDP comes from pumping oil out of the ground and selling it for others to burn. If they were really green that would stop.
At least they are using that money for citizens and green energy instead of Ferrari's of the royal family
Does anyone have a pointer to studies on the effects of electric vehicles in the used car market? I ask because the lifespan of current batteries seems to be around 8 years (going by manufacturers' warranties), and the battery pack amounts to approximately 30% of the price of the car. So people buying an used electric car will likely face a large maintenance cost after a while.
https://insideevs.com/news/405885/tesla-model-s-battery-afte...
https://electrek.co/2020/06/06/tesla-battery-degradation-rep...
https://www.findmyelectric.com/blog/how-long-does-a-tesla-ba...
Does anyone have a pointer to studies on the effects of electric vehicles in the used car market? I ask because the lifespan of current batteries seems to be around 8 years (going by manufacturers' warranties), and the battery pack amounts to approximately 30% of the price of the car. So people buying an used electric car will likely face a large maintenance cost after a while.
Isn't that a strange thing, considering Norway is vast, has low population density especially in the north, and has own oil resources available?
Norway is wealthy thanks to selling fossil fuels. Norwegians feel guilty about that, but not guilty enough to stop selling them. This is essentially performative environmentalism from them. Still, it will help other countries by throwing up unforeseen problems in all-electric ground transportation, and some solutions.
Given their relatively contribution to the total global production and OPEC's supply management to control prices, it is unclear if a halt in Norwegian oil sales would raise prices significantly enough to matter. There is an argument to be made that is is better for Norway to capture those profit and invest them into the research we need to reduce oil dependence and sequester CO2.
I don't think that the electric car adoption is purely driven by environmentalism. Norway has extremely cheap energy that makes electric cars much more economically attractive.