Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020

Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 by ajross on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @11:19AM (#25647031)

Plug-in hybrids used for routine urban driving (commutes, errands, etc...) are effectively EVs. I don't have usage data for Norway specifically, but the numbers that have been thrown around elsewhere are something like 20-30% of the driving is done using the gasoline engine.

Almost everyone celebrating "electric cars" in that headline is really cheering for carbon reduction, and this for sure qualifies.

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Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 by michaelt on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @11:46AM (#25647360)

I've heard some reports that a lot of plug-in hybrid buyers don't plug them in - or rarely plug them in.

In which case it's effectively a gasoline car.

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Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 by erik_seaberg on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:58PM (#25649418)

I would assume that’s a measure of how many apartments rely on shared or street parking, because anyone with a private garage would prefer to plug in.

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Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 by kwhitefoot on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:35AM (#25669486)

Many plug in hybrids in Norway are leased and the leasing companies say that many of them are never plugged in, the charging cables never unwrapped.

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