Doesn't Norway have a super abundant supply of geothermal energy producing nearly free electricity? Quite a different situation here.
Greg > Sorry to interrupt the ongoing reviews of over priced used Mercedes, but I > found this interesting - not what I expected: > > "Norway is more than a decade ahead of the U.S. in its adoption of > electric > vehicles. If the Biden administration's goal of having 50 percent of new > vehicles be electric by 2030 sounds ambitious > <https://theweek.com/climate-change/1022585/are-americans-ready-to-transition-to-evs>, > Norway passed that mark in 2019, *The New York Times* reports > <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/business/energy-environment/norway-electric-vehicles.html>. > In 2022, 80 percent of Norway's new car sales were electric, and it plans > to phase out gas-powered cars entirely in 2025. So far, "Norway's > experience suggests that electric vehicles bring benefits without the dire > consequences predicted by some critics > <https://theweek.com/electric-vehicles/1022859/autos-fast-tracking-the-electric-future>," > the *Times* reports. > > Oslo's air is noticeably cleaner â and much quieter â and its > greenhouse > gas emissions have dropped 30 percent since 2009 with no big uptick in > unemployment at gas stations or auto mechanics, or significant strain on > the electrical grid. Norway has put a lot of work into making the > transition, starting with enacting policies to promote electric vehicles > in > the 1990s and, more recently, subsidizing the rollout of fast-charge > stations throughout the country. > The combination of tax breaks for EV owners and readily available charging > stations "took away all the friction factors," Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan > told the *Times*. But the U.S. and other countries can learn from Norway's > challenges with electric cars, not just its successes. That includes > figuring out the optimal number and locations for charging stations, and > dealing with the frustrations of new EV drivers learning to plug in their > cars. "Sometimes we have to give them a coffee to calm down," Marit > Bergsland, who works at a Circle K north of Oslo with more charging > stations than gas pumps, tells the *Times*. " > > -- > OK Don > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > are wearing." > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > âBasic research is what Iâm doing when I donât know what I am > doing.â Werner > Von Braun > > "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. > In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be > doing it." > -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
