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Norway, which already boasts the world's highest number of electric cars per capita, said Monday that electric or hybrid cars represented half of new registrations in the country so far this year.
"This is a milestone on Norway's road to an electric car fleet," Climate and Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen told AFP.
"And it serves to showcase that green transport policies work," he said in an email.
Sales of electric cars accounted for 17.6 percent of new vehicle registrations in January and hybrid cars accounted for 33.8 percent, for a combined 51.4 percent, according to figures from the Road Traffic Information Council (OVF).
In February, those proportions fell slightly but remained high at 15.8 percent and 32 percent, respectively.
Joke's on them. Electric cars can't work in places that are cold or have mountains.
(Score: 2) by mth on Tuesday March 07 2017, @03:11PM (1 child)
Yes, of course if you look at a full mountain climb, you end up with less energy in the battery at the end compared to before. But with a petrol car, the descent at best costs you zero fuel and leaves you with hot brakes. So I don't understand why the editor suggests that electric cars have trouble with mountains, as they seem to do better there than petrol cars.
(Score: 2) by Hawkwind on Tuesday March 07 2017, @06:03PM
If anyone is interested in why one would feel the need to be sarcastic here's a story from 2015 helping to debunk these points: http://www.treehugger.com/cars/going-uphill-tesla-passes-bunch-suvs-stuck-snow-video.html [treehugger.com]