Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040

Re:Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by... by xiphias2 on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @09:52PM (#22372309)

In Norway 44% of new cars bought in January were electric (BEV).

This is the metric countries should try to beat instead of setting arbitrary goals for another president who will come in the future.

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Re:Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by... by dilap on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:07PM (#22372366)

If this was the US, sure. But Singapore has had 3 Prime Ministers, ever, and is in general considered a highly-competent government.

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Re:Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by... by sk0g on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:23PM (#22372438)

I remember looking out my window in Oslo and seeing four or five Teslas parked in a line fairly regularly. Felt like I saw a roughly even split of electric: ICE cars, but the countryside was lagging a bit.

Maybe socioeconomic factors are to blame, like having higher income means you can spend more on your car, and thus go with a Tesla. I didn't experience any range anxiety at all, there was a charger every 20 km or so, seemingly, and I traveled around the bottom half of the country.

Not sure how things are in the more remote parts, like Tromso.

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