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Also, keep in mind the extremely high salaries in Norway. Italy or Greece could decide to offer the same tax benefits, but still very few people would be able t

by angott 8y ago

Also, keep in mind the extremely high salaries in Norway. Italy or Greece could decide to offer the same tax benefits, but still very few people would be able to afford a Tesla.

TulliusCicero 8y ago
I don't know why you got downvoted. Norway being quite wealthy is obviously a factor.
- tyfon 8y ago
  Most of the electric cars sold here are leafs and e-golfs though. A tesla is still around 800k NOK which is a little less than twice the average annual gross salary or a quarter house (unless you live around Oslo or Stavanger). I'm driving a toyota avensis myself, the test drive of a model s didn't give a good impression. I'm also not prepared to buy a car that expensive, even with taxes my toyota was 350k NOK. Hopefully there will be long range electric cars from some other manufacturer soon. I do have some hope for the solid battery tech that toyota is developing now.
  - zemvpferreira 8y ago
    Still. I’m in Portugal and a Tesla costs 5-10x the average annual salary. An e-golf 2-3x I believe. Wealth matters.
paavoova 8y ago
Society's purchasing power worries me. How environmentally sustainable is it to replace all the billions of cars with electric? And then decades later, perhaps even under a decade given how fast some technologies develop, how sustainable is it to replace these electric vehicles with newer models? If people have the money, that's what they're going to do. And specifically in regards to Norway, the country exports its oil to other countries and owns its wealth to oil, being one of the largest exporters. So while headlines on electric car adoption are nice, they really miss the big picture.
- TulliusCicero 8y ago
  > How environmentally sustainable is it to replace all the billions of cars with electric? More sustainable than replacing them with more gas cars?

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Also, keep in mind the extremely high salaries in Norway. Italy or Greece could decide to offer the same tax benefits, but still very few people would be able t

by angott 8y ago

Also, keep in mind the extremely high salaries in Norway. Italy or Greece could decide to offer the same tax benefits, but still very few people would be able to afford a Tesla.

TulliusCicero 8y ago
I don't know why you got downvoted. Norway being quite wealthy is obviously a factor.
- tyfon 8y ago
  Most of the electric cars sold here are leafs and e-golfs though. A tesla is still around 800k NOK which is a little less than twice the average annual gross salary or a quarter house (unless you live around Oslo or Stavanger). I'm driving a toyota avensis myself, the test drive of a model s didn't give a good impression. I'm also not prepared to buy a car that expensive, even with taxes my toyota was 350k NOK. Hopefully there will be long range electric cars from some other manufacturer soon. I do have some hope for the solid battery tech that toyota is developing now.
  - zemvpferreira 8y ago
    Still. I’m in Portugal and a Tesla costs 5-10x the average annual salary. An e-golf 2-3x I believe. Wealth matters.
paavoova 8y ago
Society's purchasing power worries me. How environmentally sustainable is it to replace all the billions of cars with electric? And then decades later, perhaps even under a decade given how fast some technologies develop, how sustainable is it to replace these electric vehicles with newer models? If people have the money, that's what they're going to do. And specifically in regards to Norway, the country exports its oil to other countries and owns its wealth to oil, being one of the largest exporters. So while headlines on electric car adoption are nice, they really miss the big picture.
- TulliusCicero 8y ago
  > How environmentally sustainable is it to replace all the billions of cars with electric? More sustainable than replacing them with more gas cars?