- Title: Hitting record, electric car sales in Norway near 80% in 2022
- Date: 2nd January 2023
- Summary: OSLO, NORWAY (RECENT)(REUTERS) TESLA PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPACE CAR DRIVING IN OSLO STREETS, SEEN FROM INSIDE CAR HEAD OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AT THE NORWEGIAN AUTOMOBILE FEDERATION (NAF), THOR EGIL BRAADLAND, DRIVING CAR DRIVING IN STREET, TUNNEL CHARGING STATION VARIOUS OF BRAADLAND CHARGING CAR (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AT THE NORWEGIAN AUTOMOBILE FEDERATION (NAF), THOR EGIL BRAADLAND, SAYING: "The biggest problem for consumers is that it's really difficult to pay for high-speed charging in Norway. You need 10-15 apps to be a well prepared EV owner and we know that many people are delaying their purchase of an EV because of that. So that's why we're expecting the government to come up with a charging strategy very soon, they have promised to deliver one, but we haven't seen it yet." CHARGING STATION (SOUNDBITE)(English) HEAD OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AT THE NORWEGIAN AUTOMOBILE FEDERATION (NAF), THOR EGIL BRAADLAND, SAYING: "The Norwegian EV policy has been a great success and that is due to the very generous taxation system for EVs and today one in five cars in Norway is electrical and we are a bit concerned however because the government is now starting to increase the taxes on EVs and we are afraid that it will reduce the sale of EVs." VARIOUS OF POLESTAR 3 CARS ON DISPLAY IN SHOWROOM STATE SECRETARY AT THE NORWEGIAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY, JOHAN VASARA, WALKING VASARA'S HANDS (SOUNDBITE) (Norwegian) STATE SECRETARY AT THE NORWEGIAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY, JOHAN VASARA, SAYING: "The reason that we're introducing a tax on the most expensive cars is that the electric car has become the new 'normal' car for Norwegians, and that means we have to look into how we are using society's funds, if we should continue to subsidising something that is normal, and it is also because we have a need to spend money among other things on the next green step which is the electrification of the heavy transport sector and other green measures." VARIOUS OF POLESTAR 2 CARS ON DISPLAY IN SHOWROOM
- Embargoed: 16th January 2023 15:46
- Keywords: EVs Norwegian Automobile Association charging stations electric cars government tax taxation
- Location: OSLO, NORWAY
- City: OSLO, NORWAY
- Country: Norway
- Topics: Europe,Economic Events
- Reuters ID: LVA001504607122022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Almost four out of five new cars sold in Norway last year were battery-powered, with Tesla TSLA.O the top-selling brand for the second year in a row, registration data showed on Monday (January 2).
Seeking to become the first nation to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2025, oil-producing Norway has until now exempted battery-powered fully electric vehicles (BEV) from taxes imposed on rivals using internal combustion engines (ICE).
The share of new electric vehicles rose to 79.3% in 2022 from 65% in 2021 and from a mere 2.9% a decade ago, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said.
Tesla had a 12.2% share of the overall car market in Norway, making it the number one brand for a second consecutive year, ahead of Volkswagen with 11.6%.
The Tesla Model Y was the single most popular model of the year, ahead of Volkswagen's electric ID.4 in second place, and Skoda Enyaq in third.
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