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> On May 9, 2023, at 12:41 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It's easier for Norway, they can finance all their schemes by selling oil to > the rest of the world while at the same time congratualting themselves for > being carbon neutral. > > >> On Tue, May 9, 2023, at 11:12, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >> 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 — and much quieter — 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 >> >> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” 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 > _______________________________________ 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
