Norway Leads The World: Two Thirds of Cars Sold In 2016 Are Electric Or Hybrid

It might only be a small country in Europe but as one of the greenest policy friendly countries Norway is leading the world in moving from polluting vehicles to clean green electric cars.

So while electric and hybrid cars continue to make up a small fraction of new-car sales in other countries, they account for a much larger percentage in Norway. In fact electric cars, along with hybrids and plug-in hybrids, made up roughly 60 percent of car registrations in Norway last month, according to figures published by Dinside Motor. New-car totals for March included 2,595 battery-electric car, 2,042 plug-in hybrid, and 3,396 hybrid registrations. In addition, 465 used battery-electric cars were registered in March (figures for hybrids and plug-in hybrids were not published). That adds up to 8,498 registrations for all three categories, compared against 13,875 total registrations in March that works out to 61.2 percent. Electric cars and plug-in hybrids alone accounted for 5,102 registrations, or 36.7 percent of the total. The Nissan Leaf was also the third-bestselling car in Norway last month, with 676 registrations. Of course, there have been months when electric cars—the Leaf as well as the Tesla Model S—were the top selling cars in Norway.

This level of consumer enthusiasm is enabled by a generous array of incentives. There is no road tax (or registration fee) for electric cars, no sales tax, no value-added tax, and the corporate-car tax is lower. Electric cars also get free public parking, free public charging, free ferry transport, and are exempt from tolls on roads, bridges, and tunnels. Norway's incentives and the results they yield are impressive, but the country has an even more ambitious goal. The government aims to make close to 100 percent of cars on Norwegian roads emission-free by 2025.

What do you think is Norway going to achieve it's goals? What about the rest of the world is it feasible for us all to switch from the combustion engine to silent non polluting electric propulsion? Let us know your thoughts. Original Article Source: greencarreports #evcars #electriccars #hybridcars #greencars

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