Electric Cars Hit Record in Norway

Re:Electric Cars Hit Record in Norway by angott on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:40PM (#19566536)

Also, keep in mind the extremely high salaries in Norway. Italy or Greece could decide to offer the same tax benefits, but still very few people would be able to afford a Tesla.

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Re:Electric Cars Hit Record in Norway by TulliusCicero on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:45PM (#19566582)

I don't know why you got downvoted. Norway being quite wealthy is obviously a factor.

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Re:Electric Cars Hit Record in Norway by tyfon on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:04PM (#19566784)

Most of the electric cars sold here are leafs and e-golfs though.

A tesla is still around 800k NOK which is a little less than twice the average annual gross salary or a quarter house (unless you live around Oslo or Stavanger).

I'm driving a toyota avensis myself, the test drive of a model s didn't give a good impression. I'm also not prepared to buy a car that expensive, even with taxes my toyota was 350k NOK. Hopefully there will be long range electric cars from some other manufacturer soon. I do have some hope for the solid battery tech that toyota is developing now.

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Re:Electric Cars Hit Record in Norway by zemvpferreira on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:13PM (#19566877)

Still. I’m in Portugal and a Tesla costs 5-10x the average annual salary. An e-golf 2-3x I believe. Wealth matters.

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Re:Electric Cars Hit Record in Norway by paavoova on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:42PM (#19567099)

Society's purchasing power worries me. How environmentally sustainable is it to replace all the billions of cars with electric? And then decades later, perhaps even under a decade given how fast some technologies develop, how sustainable is it to replace these electric vehicles with newer models? If people have the money, that's what they're going to do.

And specifically in regards to Norway, the country exports its oil to other countries and owns its wealth to oil, being one of the largest exporters. So while headlines on electric car adoption are nice, they really miss the big picture.

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Re:Electric Cars Hit Record in Norway by TulliusCicero on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:24PM (#19567372)

> How environmentally sustainable is it to replace all the billions of cars with electric?

More sustainable than replacing them with more gas cars?

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