Norway and EV’s

[Bugtownboy]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-63375504

[Mart]

I think there's a Fully Charged episode on Norway that goes into more detail about what A-HA did.

The article mentions that it was impounded and bought back. Basically, the fines go against the vehicle if unpaid, so eventually the vehicle is confiscated. Then it goes to auction, and nobody wants it because it's a battered old pice of junk, or looks like it. So they get to buy it back for almost nothing, and the game starts again, racking up another load of unpaid fines. The story is truly inspirational.

Edit - Authorities caught on eventually, and scraped the car.

[Mr Gus]

I'm just happy that the group members redeemed themselves of that era of pretty terrible mainstream mulch pop music styling & marketing by dint of their actions

I *kind of* remember hearing that story yeàrs back, wonder if much is left of it left on the way-back machine!?

[GarethC]

Best thing about Norway is that they show the switch can be done, now. Yes it takes a very rich country to be able to afford it. But prices only need to come down a bit, and charging infrastructure to improve, for it to be doable in all developed countries. It will be interesting to watch transport related emissions in Norway drop sharply in coming years as the ICE fleet falls away.

[Mart]

Best thing about Norway is that they show the switch can be done, now. Yes it takes a very rich country to be able to afford it. But prices only need to come down a bit, and charging infrastructure to improve, for it to be doable in all developed countries. It will be interesting to watch transport related emissions in Norway drop sharply in coming years as the ICE fleet falls away.

Hiya. This article from Cleantechnica yesterday, is useful, especially since it includes the car fleet chart, which is updated quarterly.

So, for cars, roughly 20% of the fleet is now BEV, with BEV's displacing around 5% of the fleet each year. Also worth considering that newer cars tend to do more mileage on average, than older vehicles, and BEV's (and of course PHEV's) being more economical for high mileage jobs like taxi's. So probably fair to assume that petrol stations are seeing a drop in sales of 20%+ from cars.

Norway’s BEVs Still Growing Well, Even While PHEVs Fall Away