Norway, population 5.6 Million. 1/3rd above the Arctic Circle, and heavily dependent on oil and gas from the North Sea.
And yet, their new-car sales were at 94% EV in January.
98 diesel cars, 7 petrol(gasoline), 29 hybrids.
The rest were EVs.
7 gas cars is wild!
But please tell me again that EVs don't work in the cold etc etc…
#BCPoli #CanPoli #EV #Electric #Cars
https://electrek.co/2026/02/03/even-after-cutting-ev-incentives-norway-only-sold-98-diesel-cars-in-january/
@chris
This is a nice headline but I'm looking forward to the "<country> sells ZERO gasoline cars" one, some day soon.
@negative12dollarbill it's coming fast!
Here’s a good reason that EV sales are going well in Norway (from 2024):
“*How does Norway’s charging station network compare to other countries?*
Norway has the highest number of charging points per electric vehicle in the world, making it a leader in EV infrastructure.
*What is the growth trend of charging stations in Norway?*
The number of charging stations in Norway has grown rapidly, increasing from about 10,000 in 2015 to over 27,500 in 2024.”
As of a year ago Canada had 33,767 public charging ports located at 12,955 public charging station locations across the country. There would be more but in 2018 Doug Ford removed the ones in Ontario the previous Liberal had installed.
https://anfuenergy.com/how-many-ev-charging-stations-in-norway/
@Sanderde Yes. Purely Political factors.
Ford, Carney, Harper, Trudeau, Notley, Moe, etc etc... all slow walking EV adoption for the benefit of their party donations.
As well as oil companies that put in a 'network' and then let them literally rot (*cough* Petro Canada *cough*).
The exceptions are BC Hydro and Quebec Hydro (aka ”Electric Circuit”) that have excellent networks even before the 3rd-party providers.
BCH: https://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/electric-vehicles/public-charging/fast-charging-network.html
QH/EC: https://www.lecircuitelectrique.com/en/finding-a-station
Hydro One which provides the electricity in Ottawa outside of Toronto and Ottawa does not provide charging stations, but they do have a special rate for public ones if a company wants to install any.
Hydro Ottawa helpfully has a map provided by Plugshare on its website.
Doug Ford is placated by utilities not spending money for the convenience of EV drivers whose cars were not built by Ontario autoworkers.
@Sanderde the network in Ontario wasn't terrible in 2022 and there are a lot of "coming soon" spots in plugshare, so that's good but it's pretty clear the advantage provinces with public utilities have. The surprise for me was Manitoba. Nothing from Manitoba Hydro in 2022. Perhaps that will change under Kinew's leadership.
This helps:
“Shifting focus to infrastructure investment, $1.5 billion will be allocated to the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)’s Charging and Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure Initiative, which partners with EV charging networks such as Flo, Parkland, and JOLT. Carney noted that a new electricity strategy will be released in the coming weeks to double Canada’s grid capacity to support the growth of EV charging stations. “
Remains to be seen how effective this will be:
“A Canadian vehicle emissions standard that achieves 75% EV sales by 2035 and 90% EV sales by 2040 will be a major step toward achieving a globally competitive automotive sector, provided that appropriate regulations are finalized in 2026.”
https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/02/05/canada-invest-1-5-billion-ev-infrastructure/
@Sanderde those investments are good, but they are long term and vague.
I think unfortunately we went from being amongst progressive countries to being an indisputable laggard. Our autonindustry and our consumers will suffer because of it.
Underwhelming to say the least.
@chris They believed that oil would eventually be depleted or replaced so built up a huge fund & transitioned to cleaner energy. Impressive
@SCampbell a pound of prevention etc etc :)
@chris @SCampbell They weren’t subject to colonialism despite their oil, intead owning it themselves, and decided to use profits responsibly with very little public corruption
@chris Less than a third of Norway's area is above the Artic Circle. Less than 10% of Norway's population live there.
@skolima Thanks for the correction, thought it was just over half. About 40% of Canada's land mass is above the Arctic Circle... 0.3% of Canadians live in the northern territories as a whole, many are below the Arctic circle.
the point is: the 'cold weather' argument is nonsense/propaganda.
