“Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country.”

  • keepthepace@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    Not really. They have a very simple tax device that ensures EVs are cheaper than thermal cars. China has put in place something similar. It is not a rich country thing. It is about being serious about its transition

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        2 days ago

        We do. Lots of teslas and asian brands though. But we have seen more and more of the “normal” brands as well these last few years.

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      2 days ago

      Which is just making all cars more expensive for everyone, meaning that Norweigans who can buy new cars are wealthy enough to buy expensive cars.

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        8 hours ago

        To my understanding, the taxes have been there all along. They didn’t add new taxes for ICE cars, they just issued some tax breaks for EVs. So the cars haven’t gotten any more expensive, since that’s what Norwegians would have been paying anyway (Whether taxes in general are excessively high in Norway is another issue entirely).

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          2 days ago

          So what. Nice red herring.

          The cost of the EVs are in black and white listed on any dealers website in norway.

          They are stil, on average, 3 times the price of an ICE vehicle.

          They are not subsidised to parity, far far from it.

          The tax has just trippled the cost of vehicles.