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Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts

TL;DR: Norway subsidised electric cars a lot, that money went to the rich more than the poor, and left them with less money to spend on transit which delivers better outcomes for cities.

sparky , 8 months ago

Clickbait headline, and stupid article. At no point are they making the claim that EVs are worse than combustion engines. The author posits that bicycles and walking are even more climate friendly than driving a car of any kind (duh). This entire article could be replaced by the sentence, "We should keep building trams and bike lanes in the EV era".

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DAT , 8 months ago

so it's not the "electric" part that's the problem in norway

it's still better than combustion engines

stupid headline!

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toaster , 8 months ago

E-bikes and infrastructure would have been a cheap and effective alternative for those subsidies as well.

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Swedneck , 8 months ago

or like, electric mopeds

at least here in sweden like 90% of the population is within easy moped range of their daily business

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