Norway to hit 100 per cent electric vehicle sales early next year

[packman]

Norway is on track to bid farewell to the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars by April 2022, according to new analysis released by the Norwegian Automobile Federation (NAF).

According to monthly new car sales data released by Norway’s Road Traffic Information Council (OVF), the last internal combustion engine vehicle is set to leave the dealership next April, almost three years ahead of the Norwegian government’s 2025 stated target for the phasing out completely of sales of new petrol and diesel cars.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/norway-to-hit-100-per-cent-electric-vehicle-sales-by-next-year/?rss=1

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. With only 5.3 million people,

and 3.8 cars, I'm going to guess that adding the charging infrastructure is relatively easy.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. Easy as upgrading the electrical system a bit and installing chargers at old gas stations.

American business is capable of that…easily.

And Biden’s infrastructure plan is on it.

[Johnny2X2X]

5. The charging station infrastructure is not as large as it is for gas

The vast majority of car owners are going to charge their cars at home in their garage or carport. Once range is 300+ as a norm, how often will the majority of owners need to use a charging station? Once or twice a year?

People fill their cars up with gas 2-4 times a month, going from that to charging 2-4 times a year, and mostly near the interstates for long trips is going to dramatically decrease the footprint of charging/gas stations nationwide.

And they'll be charging at night in most cases, during off peak hours for the grid.

People have it in their minds that every gas station will need to be replaced by a charging station, that's simply not the paradigm we're entering into. It will be more like every 10th gas station will be replaced by a charging station while the other 9 slowly go away forever.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. Yes, totally agree that is the future of gas stations.

[lagomorph777]

9. People in multi-family dwellings will need to be accomodated.

I don't think I'd be allowed to build a charging station in front of my unit.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. New apartment buildings will be built with charging stations

They already are. It will take some time to retrofit charges for some places, but it's going to happen.

For someone living in an apartment building, an EV won't be practical until they're guaranteed a charging option where they park their car.

[lagomorph777]

8. Rolling out infrastructure scales with population.

More people means more infrastructure needed, and a larger pool of labor to build it, and funding to enable it.

[FreeState]

13. Geography plays into it to

I dont think most people realize Norways is a super long country.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. So much for the batteries in cold weather won't last meme...it's NORWAY!

[MichMan]

4. When you tax ICE vehicles 50% of the purchase price and exempt electric, it's not a huge surprise

That is what Norway does. Along with a $2.50 per gallon gas tax.

Perhaps our politicians will tell consumers and the UAW that their $50k gas or diesel powered car or truck will have a $25k federal tax imposed and gas taxes are going up another $2.25 per gallon.

Who will have the courage to run on that proposal and get it through congress? Should be really popular come midterms.

Once that happens, we can be just like Norway.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. Not just like Norway, just the no need for gas vehicles part. For now.

[panader0]

10. I'm all for electric vehicles, but what about large trucks?

Do they have electric concrete trucks? What about trucks that deliver large girders for buildings? Semis?
I have a 3/4 ton GMC pickup to haul equipment, sand, gravel, lumber etc. I don't think that those kind
of vehicles can be replaced for some time, and wonder about the future availability of gas or diesel.

[Johnny2X2X]

12. Those will be replaced first

The economic benefits for companies with large fleets of trucks adds up quickly. And EV semi trucks are already being sold and used across the country.

Remember, with batteries, horsepower is easy, it's easy to get 1,000 hp out of a battery, much easier than it is to get it out of a normal engine.

[hunter]

14. It's amazing how innovations that are possible and long practiced in other nations...

... are somehow impossible in the U.S.A..

Racism and anti-intellectualism, especially the religious sorts, seem to be the root cause of this problem.