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Then Norway has a very different interpretation of the word "aspirational". From https://electrek.co/2019/01/02/electric-car-sales-norway-2018/ https://electre

• melling 8y ago
  That’s because electric vehicles are heavily subsidized in Norway.
  • Reason077 8y ago
    It's not so much that electrics are subsidized. More that fossil-fuel vehicles are heavily taxed.
    • melling 8y ago
      Well, let’s clarify this: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jul/02/norway-electric-cars-subsidies-fossil-fuel https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jul/02/norway-electri... https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/12/norway-electric-vehicle-models-incentives-car-free-oslo/578932/ https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/12/norway-electric-...
      • Reason077 8y ago
        To be clear, electric vehicles in Norway cost the same or more as they do in (eg) the United States. The difference is that there are heavy taxes on fossil fuel vehicles that do not apply to electrics, making the relative difference in cost between electrics and fossils much smaller. (Yes, there are also many fringe benefits like free/discounted road tolls and HOV lane access, but as your article mentions, many of those are already being rolled back)
  • Certhas 8y ago
    So it's not aspirational, but real law backed by real money and government investment.