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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
Norway has an easier task of it than the US does.
Not sure how much International driving Norway citizens do, but their country is only about the same sq miles as New Mexico, and is approximately 1000 miles x 260 miles at it's outside dimensions.
The average Norwegian drives about 21 miles a day, or 7,600 miles a year. That's less than half the US average, and only about 21% of what I drive per year. |
i mentioned it last time that this came up, but norway subsidized the hell out of ev's when their government made the desicsion to push for an electric future.they also heavily invested in a charging network(here in the US, we can't get past arguing whose responsibility it is to install even a few stations), not to mention that vehicle taxes/tarriffs are extremely expensive there, and were waived for ev's. iirc, a base model golf starts at $50-60k...
the american equivalent would be "buy any ev, you don't pay any property taxes for 5 years". for most people there, it was was financially stupid not to buy any ev over any ice.
when one reads into it, their ev take rate had less to do with what the people wanted, and everything to do with what the government subsidized.