This makes for happy reading - a good combination of effective policy and good product means Norway could see zero sales of new ICE cars by April 2022.
https://electrek.co/2021/09/23/norway-b ... -as-april/
Norway ICE sales to be zero by April 2022
Norway ICE sales to be zero by April 2022
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Oversees an 11kWp solar array at work
Oversees an 11kWp solar array at work
Re: Norway ICE sales to be zero by April 2022
I wonder if Toyota are starting to get scared now. Their campaigning around the World to slow down the move to BEV's and water down legislation in the US, EU, India etc, because they've bet the farm on hybrids, is looking ever more questionable.
Perhaps they will hope to fill that 10% slot that the article says won't be fully electric .... yet?
Perhaps they will hope to fill that 10% slot that the article says won't be fully electric .... yet?
8.7kWp PV [2.12kWp SSW + 4.61kWp ESE PV + 2.0kWp WNW PV]
Two BEV's.
Two small A2A heatpumps.
20kWh Battery storage.
Two BEV's.
Two small A2A heatpumps.
20kWh Battery storage.
Re: Norway ICE sales to be zero by April 2022
Great news. We could do the same here. If we wanted to!
Re Toyota: Why do first-movers so often stop innovating so quickly? Toyota pioneered electric propulsion in mass-market cars. Hybrids were always going to be a stepping-stone technology.
Re Toyota: Why do first-movers so often stop innovating so quickly? Toyota pioneered electric propulsion in mass-market cars. Hybrids were always going to be a stepping-stone technology.
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3x 380W JA Solar panels (1.14kWp)
5x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries (12kWh)
LuxPower inverter/charger
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3x 380W JA Solar panels (1.14kWp)
5x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries (12kWh)
LuxPower inverter/charger
(Artist formally known as ******, well it should be obvious enough to those for whom such things are important.)
Re: Norway ICE sales to be zero by April 2022
It might simply be down to the Toyoda family influence. Mr Toyoda is a true petrol head (meant complimentary) and I just think that he's preventing the company from pivoting, which they should have done a few years ago.
He's also claimed that Japan is an export nation, so they can't just stop building ICEV's since the economy and jobs would suffer, but that of course is an extreme claim, and strawman, since they don't have to stop building ICEV's today, just get behind the BEV movement, or at least stop campaigning against it, since Toyota, and the powerful organisations that it and Mr Toyoda head, have a lot of lobbying might.
Perhaps I'm bitter about this, because I've always liked Toyota, and respected their technology, so it's heart breaking to see the stance they've taken when I'd bet good money that they would build a brilliant BEV, perhaps competing for second place with VW/VWG.
And Toyota doesn't have time to play with, Europe's transition is gaining momentum, not only will BEV sales rise rapidly, but the Osborne Effect will mean ICEV sales drop fast, boosting the % of sales that BEV's get, which in turn will convince potential buyers that the EV age has arrived. I suspect, but could of course be miles out, that PHEV's won't grow significantly, they'll just stay at around 10% of sales, though HEV's (mild 48V HEVs) will grow, simply because fuel standards will be impossible to meet without them, so more a modification of ICEV's than a true move to HEV's.
And speaking of time, Toyota needs to watch out for China, they are building ever better BEV's, and taking the 'computer on wheels' approach, like Tesla, and I'm sure they'd just love to eat Toyota's lunch, if the company remains complacent.
Sorry for the distraction - Norway's news is great, and whilst being a small(ish) market, I think it's set the scene, and disruption curves that other nations will also see, perhaps just a few years behind, depending on supply limitations. Hence why I spun off, as the wider market implications of what is happening in Norway, are massive.
Fun times!
He's also claimed that Japan is an export nation, so they can't just stop building ICEV's since the economy and jobs would suffer, but that of course is an extreme claim, and strawman, since they don't have to stop building ICEV's today, just get behind the BEV movement, or at least stop campaigning against it, since Toyota, and the powerful organisations that it and Mr Toyoda head, have a lot of lobbying might.
Perhaps I'm bitter about this, because I've always liked Toyota, and respected their technology, so it's heart breaking to see the stance they've taken when I'd bet good money that they would build a brilliant BEV, perhaps competing for second place with VW/VWG.
And Toyota doesn't have time to play with, Europe's transition is gaining momentum, not only will BEV sales rise rapidly, but the Osborne Effect will mean ICEV sales drop fast, boosting the % of sales that BEV's get, which in turn will convince potential buyers that the EV age has arrived. I suspect, but could of course be miles out, that PHEV's won't grow significantly, they'll just stay at around 10% of sales, though HEV's (mild 48V HEVs) will grow, simply because fuel standards will be impossible to meet without them, so more a modification of ICEV's than a true move to HEV's.
And speaking of time, Toyota needs to watch out for China, they are building ever better BEV's, and taking the 'computer on wheels' approach, like Tesla, and I'm sure they'd just love to eat Toyota's lunch, if the company remains complacent.
Sorry for the distraction - Norway's news is great, and whilst being a small(ish) market, I think it's set the scene, and disruption curves that other nations will also see, perhaps just a few years behind, depending on supply limitations. Hence why I spun off, as the wider market implications of what is happening in Norway, are massive.
Fun times!
8.7kWp PV [2.12kWp SSW + 4.61kWp ESE PV + 2.0kWp WNW PV]
Two BEV's.
Two small A2A heatpumps.
20kWh Battery storage.
Two BEV's.
Two small A2A heatpumps.
20kWh Battery storage.