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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by 082349872349872 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:03AM (#24716979)
I had been assuming norway would have decent charging infra because I'd thought their parking lots already needed to be wired for engine heaters? Or are those only a swedish thing?
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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by altacc on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:56AM (#24717250)
Some residential parking lots have these but they're not ubiquitous. They're often old or broken and not many people use them (modern cars are better engineered for winter starts).

However the wiring for these cannot handle what an EV car chargers requires, so they're useless for charging a car. For EVs typically new charging points are installed and this can be costly. It depends upon if the residents' association agrees to pay for them to be installed.

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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by reify_null on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:16AM (#24717054)
I have never heard of this existing, but I'm living at a coastal area, far away from the swedes.
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