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Booming Electric Car Sales
Electric cars are becoming more and more commonplace over time. There is no place in the world where this is
more evident than in Norway. This year,
about half the new cars sold in Norway have been electric. This compares to only 25% just last
year. In March alone, nearly 60% of
vehicle purchases in Norway were plug-in cars, outselling gas and diesel cars
for the first time ever.
Norway has encouraged the switch to electric transportation by making
battery-powered cars tax exempt as well as offering various other
incentives. This is all part of the
country’s plan to end the sale of fossil fuel cars entirely by 2025.
Although Norway leads the world in electric car sales on a per capita
basis, there are many other places seeing rapid growth. In Maryland, for example, so many electric
cars were sold in the past year that the state’s tax credit program, which has
a $3 million annual budget, ran out of money seven months before the end of the
fiscal year. Between 2017 and 2018, the
number of EVs registered in Maryland doubled to over 18,000.
New York has also seen robust growth in electric vehicles. There are now more than 40,000 plug-in cars
registered in New York State. About a
third of those are Tesla models, with the increasingly popular Tesla Model 3
rapidly becoming the dominant plug-in car in the state. In fact, this year the Tesla Model 3 has
accounted for about 60% of all plug-in car sales in the United States.
Not only are electric car sales going up, so are the options for car
buyers. Within the next year or two,
there will be numerous new electric car choices available from multiple
manufacturers appealing to the tastes of a growing range of car buyers.
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EVs Make Up Half of New Car Sales in Norway So Far This Year
Photo, posted May 16, 2019, courtesy of Flickr.
Earth Wise is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
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Electric cars are becoming more and more commonplace over time. There is no place in the world where this is
more evident than in Norway. This year,
about half the new cars sold in Norway have been electric. This compares to only 25% just last
year. In March alone, nearly 60% of
vehicle purchases in Norway were plug-in cars, outselling gas and diesel cars
for the first time ever.
Norway has encouraged the switch to electric transportation by making
battery-powered cars tax exempt as well as offering various other
incentives. This is all part of the
country’s plan to end the sale of fossil fuel cars entirely by 2025.
Although Norway leads the world in electric car sales on a per capita
basis, there are many other places seeing rapid growth. In Maryland, for example, so many electric
cars were sold in the past year that the state’s tax credit program, which has
a $3 million annual budget, ran out of money seven months before the end of the
fiscal year. Between 2017 and 2018, the
number of EVs registered in Maryland doubled to over 18,000.
New York has also seen robust growth in electric vehicles. There are now more than 40,000 plug-in cars
registered in New York State. About a
third of those are Tesla models, with the increasingly popular Tesla Model 3
rapidly becoming the dominant plug-in car in the state. In fact, this year the Tesla Model 3 has
accounted for about 60% of all plug-in car sales in the United States.
Not only are electric car sales going up, so are the options for car
buyers. Within the next year or two,
there will be numerous new electric car choices available from multiple
manufacturers appealing to the tastes of a growing range of car buyers.
**********
Web Links
EVs Make Up Half of New Car Sales in Norway So Far This Year
Photo, posted May 16, 2019, courtesy of Flickr.
Earth Wise is a production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
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