Norway has, proportionally, the highest number of EV sales. Here's what owners have to say
Levelling prices by exempting EVs from the two big purchase tax hits of import duties and 25% VAT, among other incentives, "is the main reason why the Norwegian EV market is so successful compared to any other country," Elbil said.
As the 2025 deadline for ICE car sales looms, the Norwegian government is reining in its generosity. From this year, EVs will have to pay purchase tax again after it was scrapped in 1996. Since 2017, drivers of EVs have also had to restart road-toll payments , although the government ruled they could be no more than 50% of those levied on ICE equivalents.
There are other benefits. EVs can still travel in bus lanes in the motorways leading into Oslo and it's still significantly cheaper to fuel an EV than an ICE car.for the past three years, told us while topping up at a bank of Mer brand fast chargers in Lier, just across from Myrene's Model S."I went from paying about 4000kr a month for diesel to a couple of hundred." It helps that he gets free charging at his workplace, a power-grid company.
Norway isn't a big market, at just 176,276 cars last year, compared with 1.65 million in the UK. But the fact that it punches well above its weight on EVs makes it a juicy target for companies.Models that would earn solid points in a game of rare car spots in the UK are ubiquitous in Oslo. The
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