Summary
Norway is on track to become the first country to eliminate gasoline and diesel cars from new car sales, with EVs making up over 96% of recent purchases.
Decades of incentives, including tax breaks and infrastructure investments, have driven this shift.
Officials see EV adoption as a “new normal” and aim for electric city buses by 2025.
While other countries lag behind, Norway’s success demonstrates the potential for widespread EV adoption.
the article points out that due to norway not having a major automobile manufacturer, there was pretty much no lobbying against the laws, so that’s a bit of a tick in the opposite direction. the US has numerous very powerful lobbies making it as hard as possible to pass these laws.