[Wally86]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

I change my mind super fast in the face of compelling evidence. I have no wish to hold onto false beliefs.

Like I said, there is a huge gap between the US (2%) and Norway (54%) that can not be explained by the differences in our driving patterns, which are similar for the vast majority of Americans. As Soundman98 mentions, it is because of incentives that Norwegians are buying electric cars, but if electric cars were truly prohibitive for their needs then there would be huge public dissent, and people would buy ICE or used cars.

We can say the same thing about California. Why does California have half of the registered EVs in the country, but they only have around 10% of the population? Do Californias commute less than the rest of the country? The difference between California and the state with the most miles driven, is 20 miles a day, which is less than 10% of the charge of the smallest batteries in cars like the Model 3, Leaf or Bolt. Do Californians not go on road trips as much as people from other states? Well, it helps that California hasn't blocked Tesla from selling cars in their state. In fact, the Tesla Model 3 is the top selling car in the state, ahead of the Corolla, Camry, Accord and Civic, and part of that is from incentives, but also because EVs are embraced in the state, which is probably also the case in Norway.

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190...sh-in-question

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_...rship_disputes

https://www.bts.gov/statistical-prod...le-trips-state

https://electrek.co/2020/05/29/tesla...ar-california/

I'd love to see your analysis of the tax incentives given by CA vs every other state and how that affects the actual purchase of electric cars there.

https://electrek.co/2020/11/17/calif...l-end-of-year/

Taking tax money to prop up vehicle sales is a great way to make sales but a horrible way (by the gov) to spend other people's money.