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Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 by 1stcity3rdcoast on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:18PM (#25647848)
But they're not priced the same. The MSRP is just the MSRP and does not include the incentives for EVs.
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Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 by arve0 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:31PM (#25648081)
They are priced the same, I’ve bought this car to this price. The MSRP includes no sale tax (mva) and no horse power tax. Are you thinking of some other incentives?
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Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 by 1stcity3rdcoast on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:37PM (#25648175)
The retail price is the same, sure, but the effective price is much different because the incentives come from different tax and rebate schemes that aren't factored into the retail price. EVs have no VAT in Norway, no road tax, no toll or ferry fees [0] -- that's a major difference in the effective price!

[0] https://elbil.no/english/norwegian-ev-policy/

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Re:Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020 by arve0 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:39PM (#25649137)
Sorry, thought you meant “initial” total purchasing price, if that makes sense. Road tax is back, this year. No ferry fee is only on Europe roads. No toll fee still. Also service cost is probably cheaper, as electric has less failing motor parts, not sure about the battery though.
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