This country is now the world's first to have more EVs than gas-powered cars

[Zorro]

Norway is the first country in the world with more electric vehicles than gas-powered cars on the road, according to vehicle registration data the Norwegian road federation, known as OFV, released Tuesday.

Of the 2.8 million passenger cars registered in the country, 26.3 percent are fully electric, just edging out the share of gas vehicles. Diesel remains the most common vehicle type, making up more than a third of Norwegian vehicle registrations.

“The electrification of the passenger car fleet is keeping a high pace, and Norway is moving rapidly towards becoming the first country in the world with a passenger car fleet dominated by electric cars,” OFV Director Oyvind Solberg Thorsen said in a statement. He predicted EVs will outnumber diesel cars by 2026.

Norway leads the world in EV adoption, thanks to government incentives that include exempting electric cars and trucks from sales and emissions taxes, lowering tolls and parking fees for these vehicles, and allowing EV drivers to use bus lanes. The country is also one of the world’s wealthiest, which helps defray the higher upfront cost of EVs. Electric cars now make up more than 90 percent of new-vehicle sales.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/09/17/norway-electric-vehicles-exceed-gasoline/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Tricked me for a minute, when you said "This country" thought you meant, this country as in USA

and I knew that wasnt true...anyway, good story.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Smart people, those Norwegians!

[jimfields33]

8. They have a very small population.

It’s easy to do in that case.

[tinrobot]

14. Not sure how total population makes a difference

Since everyone who has an EV there still has to buy it, just like we do.

They're choosing to buy EVs, we're not.

[Enter stage left]

3. I saw the post and instantly thought "Sweden"...

missed it by "that much".



Good for them.

[lindysalsagal]

4. Wow! I had no idea!

[bhikkhu]

5. I was there about six years ago and was pretty impressed with the number of EV's

That was when I hadn't even seen a Tesla in my city yet.

What really gets me though is watching some of the things on China, which has a massive number of EV's, and more importantly a massive variety. I still wonder if we aren't missing a huge opportunity here with the 100% import tariff. Even just e-bikes or mopeds - for every one that's imported (at a much inflated price) there are another twenty brands and types that you can't buy at all.

The US is way behind, and the tariff seems to have the effect that most people here have only a vague idea at all what's going on in the rest of the world. Shielding the US from competition would be fine, but we aren't even building competitive products.

[airplaneman]

6. the world's first to have more EVs than gas-powered cars ?

26.3 percent are fully electric means that 73.7 are not fully electric.
So how does one conclude there are more EV's than gas powered cars?
Asking for a mathematician friend.
-Airplane

[asm128]

9. Diesel isn't gasoline

So, more EV than gas, but less than diesel

[Zeitghost]

10. Without looking

I would assume they came up with a very misleading but technically true headline by excluding hybrids from "gas powered" and the true stats are 26% EV, 50% Hybrid and 24% ICE only.

Or it's complete BS.

[Wonder Why]

7. When all the gas & diesel cars are gone, the taxes and fees will come back

because someone has to pay for the roads, bridges, infrastructure and overuse of parking spots and bus lanes.

[dsp3000]

11. I'm actually about to purchase a V8 sedan tomorrow...

Sometimes there just is no replacement for displacement and I buy for the long haul normally. There are no EV's that i'm willing to keep long haul at the moment and i absolutely refuse to get into the iphone mindset of upgrading to a new car every 3 years as battery technology matures.

before you all jump on me, I also have a hybrid SUV that gets great fuel economy.

[tinrobot]

15. Not jumping on you, but EVs don't have to be replaced like cellphones.

I owned my last EV for 8 years. The battery was still at 95% when I sold it. Upgraded simply because I wanted more range. The EV that replaced it has plenty of range, so it's a keeper. I've had it over three years already and plan to drive it for many more.

EVs are just cars. Like any car, they can last a long time if you take care of them.

[Blue Streak Science]

21. Lucid Air

My wife's Lucid Air Touring gets 425 miles on a charge. The next trim level up has a range of 512 miles.

So much for range anxiety.

[MichMan]

12. Norway taxes ICE vehicles nearly 100%, while EV are exempt.

I imagine that if a $50k gas powered SUV buyer here was hit with a $50k tax, making the total cost $100K, they would go buy a tax free EV instead.

What US politician is going to run on that promise?

[Jack Valentino]

13. Kind of a "click-baity" subject line, isn't it?

When it says "This Country" I presumed it meant America---
especially since we consider ourselves to be the center of the universe....


Kudos Norway.

[Brother Buzz]

16. Giovanni "Johnny" Henriksen wasn't impressed with his

[Crowman2009]

17. I'll wait until the EVs with solid-state batteries are more available.

No way do I wanna drive around in a fire hazard.

[Blue Streak Science]

20. Fire hazard?

Internal-combustion vehicles burn at 60 times the rate of electric vehicles. That is to say, per 1000 vehicles of each category you are 60x more likely to watch your internal-combustion car burn than you are to watch your EV burn.

I currently drive an internal combustion pickup truck, but my next one will certainly be an EV.

Follow the science.

[ahlnord]

18. And ironically....

Norway's wealth is based on oil! Rather than promoting dependence on its major resource, it is making the mature and responsible decision to save the earth.

[Blue Streak Science]

19. Tomorrow is here. Make your next car an EV.

My wife has an EV. I have a 2016 gasoline-powered pickup truck, but when I get a new one I'll replace it with an EV.

I'm envious of her EV because she fuels it up for free with our home solar. She never has to go to a gas station, either. It gets topped up every day in the driveway.

Me. I have to schlep to a nasty gas station, rain or shine, when my fuel gets low. I love my truck, but I'm so looking forward to the EV truck in my future.

If we want to follow Norway's lead all we have to do pledge to go EV with our next vehicles.