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Incentivized by Big Savings
Petter Haugneland, communications
manager for the Norwegian EV
Association, points out that it's not fair
to compare the price of gasoline or diesel
to the price of topping off a battery at
a public quick-charging station. The
battery charge would likely cost in the
range of NOK80-120 (US$10-15). Ten
gallons of gas would cost about US$78.
But EVs vary tremendously in the
distance they can drive on a full battery,
depending on the design and size of the
car, the size of the battery and the driving
conditions. In all cases, a full tank of gas
will take a car much further down
the road than a full battery will,
Haugneland says.
So he offers an apples-to-apples
comparison of fuel costs: It takes, on
average, 9 kroner to drive 10 kilometers
in a gasoline-fueled car, and less than
a quarter of that, 2 kroner, for a car
running on electricity.
" In Norway, we have a lot of
cheap hydro power, so electricity is
inexpensive, " Haugneland says. And
while many power plants globally
burn coal or natural gas to generate
electricity, hydro-power electricity
" is also zero-emission, so that's a big
advantage, as well. "
Still, environment is not the main
reason so many Norwegians are
choosing to buy EVs, and neither is
cheap fuel, at least not on its own.
There is no purchase tax, also called
registration tax, on EVs in Norway.
Normally, the registration tax is
calculated with a formula involving
the size of the car and its emissions of
compounds such as carbon dioxide and
nitrogen oxide, Thorsen explains. But
EV purchases are completely exempt
from the registration tax and likewise
from Norway's 25 percent value-added
tax. In tax breaks alone, a car buyer can
save many thousands of dollars.
" I think you could save in excess of
NOK100,000 (roughly US$12,500)
for a small battery-electric vehicle, "
Thorsen says. " And if we are talking
about a Tesla Model S or Model X, I
think the savings could be in the NOK
400,000 or 500,000 range. " Typically,
he adds, the tax exemptions make the
purchase price of EVs competitive with
similar gasoline or diesel vehicles,
but in some cases exemptions make
EVs cheaper.
EV drivers get other breaks after
they've made their purchase. They can
use bus lanes in the cities. They can
drive on toll roads for free. They also
get free or discounted parking and
passage on ferries.
Haugneland says the EV Association
does an annual survey of its members-
more than 60,000 EV owners around
Norway. When asked, a consistent
three-quarters of them say that cost
savings were their primary motivation
for buying an EV, with the environment
coming second; only 25 percent rank
environmental benefi ts fi rst.
Financial incentives have been
essential to get this market for EVs
started in Norway, Haugneland says.
They've made it easier for those with
environmental concerns to make the
right choice for the climate. And to meet
Three Decades of EVs
Norway's embrace of EVs dates back at least to 1989, though
the relationship wasn't so warm at the start.
Frederic Hauge, a pioneering EV owner and founder of the
Oslo-based environmental group Bellona, took his activism
to the streets. Hauge drove his Fiat-the fi rst electric vehicle
registered in Norway-in lanes reserved
for buses, he parked without
paying, and he made the case
that driving his zeroemission
car was a
contribution to
the public good
that ought to be
rewarded.
" After a long battle, the Norwegian government basically
gave up and introduced the fi rst EV friendly policies, " says
Teodora Serafi mova, policy manager for electro-mobility at
Bellona's Brussels offi ce. Bellona still helps shape environmental
policy in Norway.
By the 1990s, Norway was producing its own EVs. Pivco, the
Personal Independent Vehicle Company, started up in 1991
in Oslo and developed a battery-powered two-seater that it
eventually branded the " Th!nk. "
Th!nks are still in circulation in Norway, but they haven't
been produced since 2011. The car's two-decade production
period was interrupted repeatedly by fi nancial struggles. Ford
briefl y took ownership in the early 2000s, but lost interest when
a push for zero-emission vehicles in the U.S. was eased.
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