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Norway Slated To Be First Country To Fully Embrace EVs

Across Europe, Ford has faced weak demand for its all-electric vehicles, prompting the automaker to nix its plans to electrify its entire passenger vehicle lineup in that region in the coming years, as well as motivating it to cut back production of the Explorer and Capri EV models at the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center in Germany. Ford has made it quite clear that it believes robust EV incentives are needed to convince European customers to make the switch, but in Norway, consumers are gravitating toward those types of vehicles in throes, regardless.

The Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat Launch Edition in Norway.

According to BBC News, Norway’s population of 5.5 million people have gravitated toward EVs at a more rapid pace than any other country on earth, and it’s on the cusp of becoming the very first to ditch fossil fuel-powered models completely after nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in 2024 were all-electric. Last year also marked the first time in Norway’s history that the number of EVs on roadways was greater than gas-powered vehicles, too.

These numbers are particularly interesting given the fact that EV adoption in other parts of the world is lagging far behind Norway’s – in the U.S., EVs posted an eight percent market share in 2024, while in the UK, that number was 20 percent. Much of this stems from Norway’s commitment to an EV transition, which began years ago and relies on robust incentives for EVs coupled with higher taxes on gas and diesel models. However, Norway hasn’t moved to ban the sale of new ICE models, like other parts of the world such as Europe.

“It started already in the early 1990s,” said Christina Bu, the secretary general of the Norwegian EV Association. “Little by little taxing petrol and diesel engine cars more, so they have become a lot more expensive to purchase, whereas electric cars have been exempted from taxes.” The Blue Oval offers a handful of EV models in Norway already, including the Ford Mustang Mach-E, which is used to train student drivers there, as well as the Explorer EV and soon, the all-new Puma Gen-E.

Brett's lost track of all the Fords he's owned over the years and how much he's spent modifying them, but his current money pits include an S550 Mustang and 13th gen F-150.

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  1. So, in order to get citizens to willfully “gravitate toward” EVs, the government solution is to tax ICE vehicle owners/buyers into submission? Seems like the future for totalitarianism is alive an well. But then, this piece is a BBC accordance.

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