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Having access to your own oil is probably not going to boost electric car popularity in general (quite the contrary). I think "they have oil, so they are rich,
by sspiff 13y ago
Having access to your own oil is probably not going to boost electric car popularity in general (quite the contrary). I think "they have oil, so they are rich, so they can buy expensive electrical cars" is a bit of a shortcut.
- tbassetto 13y agoNorway has the most expensive price per gallon of oil despite producing it: http://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2012-08-13/highest-cheapest-gas-prices-by-country.html#slide2 http://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2012-08-13/highest-cheape... (data from 2012)
- sspiff 13y agoOnly because it is placing heavy taxes on fuel (which I think is a good thing). Compare with other oil-producing nations, which don't do this. My point was that the fact that Norway produces oil doesn't trivially lead to more people buying electrical cars.
- kvnwng 13y agoI concur. The country is pushing in the right direction to incentivize alternative energy consumption and its a fantastic opportunity to try and get a head start on establishing better infrastructure. I'm surprised Tesla hasn't invested more in a nordic supercharger network yet.