EVs are everywhere in Oslo. Here’s what Norway has done differently
The Nio ET5 electric vehicle of Nio ET5, a Tesla Model Y (L) of Oslo Taxi, and the Chinese multinational electric car manufacturer Nio ET5, passes through Oslo, the capital of Norway on September 27, 2024.
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Oslo, Norway – Electric vehicles almost everywhere you look at Norway.
The rich Nordic country, known for its huge oil and gas reserves in the North Sea, has long been taking a path to move away from internal combustion engine (ice) cars.
A stable measures to support the purchase of homes from tax exemptions to low wages put the country completely on the top of the new automobile market.
According to Norway’s House Association (Neva), representing electric car owners in the country, approximately 30% of all passenger cars on the roads for some large cities of the country are now completely electrical. Meanwhile, the rate in the capital Oslo is as high as 40%.
It is not surprising that standing in a pedestrian crossing in the city center of Oslo means waiting for a complete full electric model flow to stop.
Neva Secretary General Christina said in a statement to CNBC during an interview in Oslo, “I guess some people don’t really notice how good it is, because” the association told CNBC during an interview in Oslo.
“The weather is cleaner, quieter, and a change that doesn’t really cost these consumers. They actually like to drive a house and it works quite well.” He said.
Norway’s houses sales increased from 1% to 1% to 88.9% in 2010 last year – And this trend does not show any slowdown signs.
Data published The Norway, responsible for the country’s national road network, found that EVS was more than 93% of the new cars sold in 2025 by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
Dirty cars are taxed from work in Norway.
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Norwegian House Association Secretary General
Compared to electric vehicle sales calculated In the first few months of 2025, Norway is not a member of the EU for 15.4% of the total European Union market share.
In the status, the share of new passenger home sales reached 10% in 2023, in accordance with Rocky Mountain Institute, until 2017 until recently adopted 1%.
Tax incentives and public infrastructure
Norway’s State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Cecilie Kroglund, said the country’s success in moving away from combustion cars was directed by long -term and consistent policy construction.
“The most important things and of course infrastructure, we have many tax encouragement and user incentives,” Kroglund said during an interview in Oslo. He said.
Tesla Superchargers Eidfjord Village Center produces these super charging devices up to 150KW during vehicle charge.
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Some of Norway’s incentives include VAT exemption, road and parking taxes and access to bus strips. The government also invested in the public charging infrastructure and can blame many Norwegian households at home.
The lack of automobile manufacturer lobby in Norway is thought to have benefited from the country’s home adoption rate over the years.
Neva said that about 5.5 million people countries last week obtained a new electric milestone consisting of 10,000 fast charger throughout the country. However, the presentation of these charging stations has not been consistently consistently throughout the country, but it was much more established in the south than in the distant north.
However, a growing number of fast charging stations challenged the concerns of the critics who have warned that the power network could not cope before.
“Norway has strong policies for years. This is not just about tax exemptions [for EVs] It also has higher and higher taxes in internal combustion engine cars. Therefore, for the last three years, the general purchasing taxes doubled – and it was already very high. “He said.
“Dirty cars were taxed in Norway.”
The Nio ET5 electric vehicle of the Nio ET5 electric vehicle from Nio Inc, a Chinese multinational electric car manufacturer, passes through Oslo, the capital of Norway on 27 September 2024.
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However, Norway’s journey to becoming a global leader in adopting a house was not without critics.
There are some deputies Increased concerns About the fairness of home incentives by saying that they may benefit from higher income individuals at the expense of other more sustainable transportation options such as walking and cycling potentially.
Norway, that sighting Until 2030, he also encountered questions about his role in the fight against the climate crisis for carbon neutrality. The country’s economy is largely dependent on fossil fuel revenues and creates something contradictory with its green ambitions. Burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas chauffeur climate crisis.
What’s next?
When we look forward, Kroglund said that the country plans to pass to electric city buses in 2025 and made heavy service vehicles 75% renewable until the end of a decade.
“We must admit that transportation has a role in climate change. I think 30% of pollution comes from the transportation sector, so we had to do something.” He said.
“We must progress in other parts of the transportation sector such as city buses. We have good numbers in this regard, but the next level heavy service type vehicles.”
