> the government is spending something like 2.5 billion US Dollars per year to subsidize electric cars The government currently does not charge import taxes on

> the government is spending something like 2.5 billion US Dollars per year to subsidize electric cars The government currently does not charge import taxes on electric cars, but charges very high import taxes on ICE cars. I wouldn't say that the government is "spending" that money. For sure it's a subsidy, but the Norwegian government is not actually sending checks to people or manufacturers if they buy electric. There is a cost to road maintenance that needs to get funded from somewhere, and that cost is not currently being borne by electric car owners. But using the phrase "spending" makes it sound a whole lot like a check is getting cut in some amount and sent somewhere. (There's an ongoing debate about when to ramp up taxes for electric cars, and to what amounts, so don't expect the situation to remain as-is for too much longer.)