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Norway is close to becoming the first country without cars with ICE

Over the past year, electric cars occupied the record share of the Norwegian market – 88.9 percent, CNBC reports. For comparison, back in 2010, “green” cars accounted for only one percent of the total sales, in 2023 a bar was overcome 80 percent, and in 2024 it approached 90 percent. Deputy Minister of Transport Cecilia Book Kroglund said that Norway intends to become the first country in the world to completely get rid of cars with gasoline and diesel engines.

Norway has already been recognized as the world leader in the implementation of electric vehicles. According to the Norwegian public roads, to which CNBC refers, more than 96 percent of new cars sold in the country in the first few weeks of this year were electric. And this suggests that the Norwegian market has every chance of becoming the first to completely switched to cars to new energy sources (NEV).

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The Norwegian government believes that a consistent policy aimed at popularizing electric transport played a decisive role in the transition to new technologies. It differs from the strategy of other countries that are trying to transplant motorists to electric cars through restrictions for machines with an internal combustion engine.

So, in Norway, electric cars are not taxed, for them there are benefits for road tax and parking, and they can move in lanes for public transport.

In addition, the country’s authorities invest significant funds in the development of charging infrastructure. The immediate plans have a complete replacement of city buses for electric buses during 2025, and by the end of the decade, bringing the fraction of heavy NEV (New Energy Vehicle) to 75 percent.

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