Re:Slow repairs in Norway hint at troubles as Telsa grows
by digi_owl on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:02PM
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Well coordinated? Nah, it was a 10 year old policy that was enacted back when Think was the height of electric cars. This allowed all electric cars to travel in bus lanes and pay no tolls.
Something that blew up when the rich people got a new gull winged toy...
Re:Slow repairs in Norway hint at troubles as Telsa grows
by handsomechad on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @06:24AM
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What's the difference functionally between a tax on your competition (all except you) and a subsidy for yourself?
Re:Slow repairs in Norway hint at troubles as Telsa grows
by D_Alex on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @06:30AM
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For one, in the first case the government revenue should grow rather than decrease.
For two, the taxes on one type of product may be justified by the societal costs of using that product. Compare for example cigarettes and chewing gum.
Comments like this are unnecessary and continue to perpetuate a false stereotype of Norway as some sort of naive smurf-land where everything is paid for by oil.
In reality electric cars have taken off in Norway due to well coordinated social policy, and a lack of undue corporate influence on government.
Electric vehicles such as Teslas are not in fact subsidised in Norway- however they are exempt from the high taxation levied on fossil driven vehicles.
Norway has high EV ownership due to punitive taxation, not subsidy. You can argue about whether or not this is a good thing.