From a Twitter feed by Glen Peters
10% of new car sales in Norway in 2021 have been diesel or petrol. Let that sink in.
It is normal to buy an electric car in Norway, an outlier to buy diesel or petrol. With policies, things can go fast.
10 years ago, EVs were really expensive compared to petrol/diesel cars. Now they're on the verge of price parity. So Norway had to start the transition with incentives. For example, plug-in cars were exempt from sales tax. In other countries without incentives, such as Australia, the shift is starting now. But if substantial incentives were introduced, the shift which took 10 years in Norway could happen in 5.
We are not helpless against the climate emergency.
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