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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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