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[Cars] Norway on track to be first to go all-electric (www.bbc.com)
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"Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country."

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[–] Drigo@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 days ago

The real reason is because they have taxed the shit out of ICE's and EVs was exempt from a lot of taxes.

So for a lot of people, it really only makes sense to buy an EV because it is so much cheaper.