Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107]

Norway Now Sees Electric Cars Outnumber Petrol Models

17 Sep 2024 | Abstracted from BBC

"Of the 2.8 million private cars registered there, 754,303 are now all-electric, compared with 753,905 that run on petrol...Despite this milestone, there is still work to be done. Diesel models remain most numerous at just under one million, but their sales are falling rapidly...At present, nine out of 10 new cars sold in Norway are electric vehicle...there are numerous free chargers in every Norwegian town and city, with 2,000 of them in Oslo alone."

ADDITIONAL RELATED NEWS LINKS

• Norway's Electric Car Sales Set New World Record


• Nordic Countries Sign Declaration To Advance Electric Aviation


• "The Grid Can't Handle EVs," They Say. Let's Put This Myth Out To Pasture.


• Probing a $69,000 Chinese Electric Vehicle for Clues on Spying


• Electric Cars Set To Overtake Petrol Cars In Norway


• Do Electric Vehicles Fail At A Lower Rate Than Gas Cars In Extreme Cold?


• Norwegian Start-Up Elfly Makes Business Case For Fjord-Hopping Electric Seaplane


• Why EVs Won't Crash the Electric Grid - And More


• Building Solutions for 'Range Anxiety' Can Boost Electric Vehicle Transition


• Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund to Back Climate Activists Against Exxon, Chevron