More and more, the future is painted green. In many areas, we seek to consume in an environmentally friendly manner and this requires a change in habits in people's daily lives. Recently, this has been seen in northern Europe. In Norway, Reuters reports that the automotive market has seen almost all of the cars sold being electric cars.
A new breakthrough after that of 2023.
88.9%
In Norway, almost 9 out of 10 new cars sold were electric cars in 2024. An advance of 6.5 points compared to 2023, where the share of new cars powered by electricity which had been sold over the year increased amounted to 82.4%.
Figures which allow NEVA (Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association) to see things big for the future. “Norway will be the first country in the world to eliminate virtually all gasoline and diesel vehicles from the new car market” enthused Christina Bu, the NEVA representative, at Reuters.
Before these figures were available, we told you last September that already by the year 2024, Norwegian roads had seen electric cars overtaking those running on gasoline. Indeed, according to the OVF, the Norwegian road federation, there were, last year, out of 2.8 million private vehicles:
- 753,905 gasoline cars
- 754,303 electric cars
The other vehicles being those which use diesel engines, for the vast majority, then some hybrids and to a very lesser extent vehicles powered by hydrogen.
A profitable strategy for electric cars
It is not by miracle or magic that the Norwegian population moved from their thermal cars to electric cars.
No, the Norwegian government has a lot to do with it. Aware of the environmental problem posed by CO2 emissions from cars on the roads, it was necessary to use fairly simple means based on the principle of punishment/reward.
Thus, in Norway, if you decide to buy a thermal car (petrol or diesel) numerous taxes will be added to the final bill while electric cars are exempt from import and production taxes. added value.
So, whatever the origin of your car, if it is electric, you will not pay any additional price to bring it to Norwegian territory.
And this principle works well since, more and more, the population is turning to electric cars more than thermal cars.
And France?
If we are to believe the figures provided by ReutersFrance would still have difficulty being a country where electric cars are truly present. Obstacles such as the purchase price, taxes on imported vehicles, but also the lack of infrastructure in the country to allow this transition are perhaps preventing the machine from getting started.
Thus, in the year 2024, 1.7 new cars sold out of 10 were electric cars. When we know that the European Union plans to ban the sale of new thermal vehicles in 2035, it is high time for a wind of change to take hold if we do not want to find ourselves in contradiction with our commitments.
Source : Reuters
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