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posted by takyon on Tuesday July 09 2019, @01:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-looking dept.

Already about half the cars being sold in Norway are electric. The country is so well-stocked with charging stations that it is promoting tourism opportunities to electric vehicle owners (archive). The Norwegian Automotive Association even has an electric vehicle tourist guide for the country. Some toll roads and the ubiquitous ferries there give discounts to electric cars. Depending on the region, parking may even be free of charge.

From Wired:

Norway's forward-thinking approach to transportation has become not just a point of pride for the country but a bona fide means of attracting tourism. The Norwegian government even maintains a website dedicated to encouraging EV aficionados to visit. That's not crazy: Ecotourism and sustainable travel of this type have grown significantly in recent years. So just like you might go to Botswana for an ethical safari, or to British Columbia for the legal weed and immense preserves of old growth redwoods, you can head to Norway to immerse yourself in a unique landscape and culture, and simultaneously experience what the world can be like when people work together to solve big problems.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 09 2019, @05:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 09 2019, @05:50AM (#864873)

    I'm not sure if the climate change has anything to do with their decision. The EV infrastructure is energy-intensive to build, and there are ongoing power losses at every step. Overall an EV is more efficient, but not significantly more. The cold climate is particularly bad for an EV, as heating visibly shortens the range. So this change is not going to affect the climate. Furthermore, Norway might benefit from a decent global warming, being a northern country.

    Does anyone from Norway who followed the government's decisions know what is the true cause of favorable taxation of electric cars? Teslas in particular are fragile in the sense that everything in them is monitored OTA, serviced only by Tesla, across the Atlantic Ocean and the diagonal of the United States. This is a fair weather car - it works only if everything is peachy. This is a strategic vulnerability of the country - and that same country is growing a source of a near-future conflict [city-journal.org]. The fair weather may not last for long.

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