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Yes Norway has invested in public charging infrastructure, has tax incentives that penalize ICE's, cheap plentiful renewable energy, etc. etc. etc. But still,
by floatrock 7y ago
Yes Norway has invested in public charging infrastructure, has tax incentives that penalize ICE's, cheap plentiful renewable energy, etc. etc. etc.
But still, seeing stats like this shows the electrification of transportation can be done if a country makes it a priority. The technology is different, not inferior.
In the US where infrastructure investment to create a conducive environment is shouted down in favor of "well, customers aren't demanding this so we're not going to build this", what's promising is this Sunday was the Superbowl of the EV ads:
- GM Hummer EV teaser: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t6EPPJHaCtw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t6EPPJHaCtw
- Audi E-Tron: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WvEAklsAAts https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WvEAklsAAts
- Porsche Taycan: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92sXWVxRr0g https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92sXWVxRr0g
- (Apparently some markets also saw a Mach-E ad)
When car companies are finally spending millions on their EV offerings at one of the largest automotive advertising debutant balls, sentiment is beginning to change.
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- keanzu 7y ago> has tax incentives that penalize ICE's You can seriously distort the competitive landscape if you are willing to put a 100% tax on one of the alternatives. A lot can be achieved with unlimited amounts of other people's money.
- floatrock 7y agoI completely agree -- the competitive landscape gets seriously distorted when you play with the tax code and shift costs onto someone else: https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subsidies-a-closer-look-at-tax-breaks-and-societal-costs https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subs...
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- keanzu 7y agoOil is the lifeblood of the US economy. In times of economic recession, we often blame the government and get rid of them. We've clearly signaled with our voting patterns what we want and government has delivered on it - a reliable supply of oil to power the economy. Hence subsidies. On the other side the Norwegian government has managed to implement the world's highest tax on ICE cars and survive re-election so presumably that's what the electorate wants.
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