Tesla Model Y (L) of Oslo Taxi and NIO ET5 Electric Vehicle of NIO INC, a multinational electric vehicle manufacturer in China, passes the capital Oslo on September 27, 2024.
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Norway will be the world’s first country to effectively erase gasoline and diesel cars in the new automotive market.
Despite the vast petroleum and gas reserves, Nordic countries have been recognized as a global leader of sustainable transportation. Electric vehicle sales increased from less than 1% of total car sales in 2010 to 88.9% last year.
The data released by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, which is in charge of the national road network of the country, has been found that EVS has accounted for more than 96% of new cars sold for the first week of this year.
Norway is within the street of electricity.
Christina Bu, the secretary -general of the NEVA, which represents the owner of the country, is expected to achieve this goal. In fact, the BU said that a party is in progress and it will be a historic milestone.
“We have already invited many politicians and other stakeholders to the party on February 13. Because we don’t know exactly until the end of this year, but this year it will end between 95% and 100% this year.” BU is burned. I spoke to CNBC through a call.
“So I think that President Trump should celebrate the achievements we have managed at the time of withdrawal of the United States from the climate and everything,” she added.
German automakers Audi’s electric vehicle will be charged through the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on September 25, 2024.
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Trump aimed to withdraw the United States at the Paris Landmark Paris Convention, and aimed at several low -carbon technologies last week. This included Joe Biden’s non -conclusion order, which aims to sell 50%of electric vehicles by 2030.
Trump’s administrative order, accused of EV advocates, is designed to remove the EV command and promote true consumer choice.
‘New normal’
The vice -president of Cecilie Knibe Kroglund was a long -term and consistent policy designed to support the absorption of EV without taking measures to prohibit the use of internal combustion engine vehicles.
In comparison, the European Union has adopted a bill to effectively prohibit the sale of new carbon emission cars from 2035, and the United Kingdom will ban the sale of new cars that are only driven by internal combustion engines by 2030.
We won’t go back to bulky, noisy and dirty diesel cars. To the majority. Not logical.
HARALD NILS Røstvik
Professor of Stavanger University in Norway
Some of Norway’s EV incentives include exemption from VAT, road discounts and parking taxes and bus lane access. The government has also invested a lot in public claim infrastructure, and many Norwegian furniture can claim cars at home.
Kroglund explained this change as a “new normal” of 5.5 million countries. Kroglund said, “Transport is a big part of the climate -friendly solution. So some of the successes obtained from the car should be used in other areas of the transportation sector,” Kroglund told CNBC through video calls. .
Kroglund said the country plans to completely switch to an electric city bus by 2025 and can regenerate 75%of vehicles by the end of 10 years.
The vehicle worked at the garage of the Bertel O. Steen (BOS.NO) agency in Loren Scog, Norway, on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.
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Norway’s new car sales are close to 100%, but there are still a lot of vehicles with internal combustion engines on the road. NEVA’s BU said that 28% of the cars were electric electricity at the national level and more than 40% in the capital Oslo.
“Too many middle -aged men came out to say: ‘I didn’t get an electric car. It’s not at all.” BU said.
“We have experienced this mental change in our society. The Norwegians are more environmentally friendly or easier than doing this. It was one policy and people quickly understood it and changed their thoughts. It is. ” She added.
The lack of automobile manufacturer lobby in Norway is thought to have helped the country’s EV adoption rate for many years.
In fact, the BU has often had a political debate about the advantages of the internal combustion agency, but those who oppose the switch said, “It was not organized enough or enough.”
How do others compare?
According to COX Automotive, a market research firm, EVS accounted for 8.1%of the US total sales in 2024, unlike Norwegian’s completion of electricity, which rose from 7.8 percent of the market in 2023.
According to industrial data in the UK, EV accounted for almost 20%of the new car registration in 2024.
Rico Luman, chief economist at the Netherlands’ traffic and logistics, said that other countries could follow the lawsuit, according to Norway’s EV leadership.
“Norway is a world -class leader, and it is also an example of other countries, but we also need to keep in mind that Norway is one of the most prosperous countries in Europe.
“Another point is that the energy is relatively inexpensive in Norway (large oil and gas exporter). Luman is a general public according to budget constraints.”
Residents of Baard Gundersen entered the BMW IX Electric Vehicle in Baerum, the suburb of Norwegian capital, Oslo, on September 27, 2024.
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Germany, the largest economy in Europe, suddenly removed EV subsidies in late 2023, which agreed to overcome the budget crisis. The country’s rule of government, which collapsed at the end of last year, agreed to provide tax reductions on electric vehicles by falling sales.
Harald Nils Røstvik, a professor at Norwegian Stavanger University, said Norway is not expecting a back slide on EV conversion..
“There are too many advantages of electric and noisy diesel cars. It is quiet, economical, good, a kind of state symbol, clean, and no need to move the oil filter. Røstvik told CNBC through video calls.
Røstvik said, “We won’t go back to bulky, noisy and dirty diesel cars. Most of them are not logical, ”Røstvik said.
