There are more electric cars than petrol cars on the road in Oslo
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Are Hansen, our ace field reporter in Norway, contacted us the other day to alert us of the latest news from Elbil, Norwegian Electric Car Association. If Norway is a leader in the electric vehicle revolution, Oslo is the starting point of the movement. One of the benefits that electric car drivers in Oslo are entitled to is reduced tolls on the highways entering and leaving this city.
Tolls are collected by Fjellinjen, who is able to slice and slice the data collected from the system to spot trends. He reports that in September, 28.1% of cars on toll roads were light electric vehicles. In the same month, light vehicles powered by gasoline engines reached 28%.
Is a 0.1% difference significant? Yes it is. We tend to focus on the sales figures for new vehicles. In Norway, these figures show that cars with plugs occupy almost the entire new car market, but it takes some time for the transition to electric vehicles to reach street level. Norway, like all other countries, still has a huge number of old cars powered by gasoline and diesel engines on its roads. It will take about a generation for all of these cars to be replaced.
Europe in general adopted diesel-powered cars after the OPEC oil embargoes of the 1970s. If you go to any city on the continent today, the clatter of diesel engines can be heard everywhere. In fact, the latest toll data shows that 36.2% of all cars passing through toll stations in and around Oslo are diesels. But a few years ago that number would have been much higher. Elbil says he expects the number of electric cars on the road to exceed the number of diesels in about 3 years.
No slowing down
Oslo plans to step up its electric car policies over the next few years. He recently lowered tolls for electric cars, which only pay 30% of the normal toll during normal hours and 40% at peak times. The city also plans to significantly increase funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, from NOK 35.5 million per year this year to NOK 61.5 million in 2023 and 2024.
Advocates are calling on the city to pay more attention to the needs of those who do not have a dedicated parking space at home. âIt’s great that the city council is now investing money and energy in the charging offer. But the city council must also remember to use this increase to extend charging for those who do not have their own parking space, so that they also choose an electric car, âsaid Per Maltun, head of the Oslo and Akershus Electric Car Association. Elbil. He says having access to chargers where people park overnight is a big factor in deciding to switch to an electric car.
With its aggressive policies in favor of electric vehicles, Oslo could soon be the first city in the world without gasoline and diesel cars on its roads.
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