Shifting to electric vehicles requires economic incentives, just ask Norway
“The incentives over the years have been important in changing consumers’ habits to make (Electric Vehicles) a very natural option,” says Norway’s ambassador to Canada, Anne Kari Hansen Ovind. Photo credit: Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa
By David McKie
Anne Kari Hansen Ovind’s explanation of Norway’s successful and much-publicized conversion to zero-emission vehicles is succinct: “Incentives work.”
All new cars will be zero-emission vehicles by 2025, Norway’s ambassador to Canada predicted during an interview with Canada's National Observer.
“I am an economist. So, I like to talk about economic incentives.”
Norway, which has been described as the “poster child of the EV revolution,” has many incentives to make it more attractive to buy zero-emission vehicles, mostly those powered by electricity.
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