Electric cars in Norway have risen to a record 54% market share, making this Nordic country the first in the world where the sale of electric cars has outstripped any other type for a full year. It’s quite a milestone for January 2021 and was forecast in a Nordic Horizons event just over two years ago. There’s nothing mystical about Norway’s electric car success – using taxes and giving leccie cars traffic priority have been big factors. Read more about the latest news via https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/05/electric-cars-record-market-share-norway.
Watch the short video about Norway’s electric car strategy in the Nordic Horizons clip below. It features Petter Haugneland, Communications Director, Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association.
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The Democracy TV live stream archive is below. It shows the whole meeting with Sarah Beattie-Smith of WWF giving a response from the Scottish perspective. The audio recordings, the video of the meeting and Petter’s powerpoint presentation are all below.
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Electric Dreams – Norway and the future of electric cars from Nordic Horizons on Vimeo.
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And the audio recordings are below.
