Monster 66-Tonne Electric Truck Unveiled For Trial Run In Norway
A new super-sized electric truck from the company Scania is hitting the road in Norway.
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How Norway Became the World’s Electric Car Capital
Today, 80% of new cars sold in Norway are electric, compared to about 5% in the United States.
Luxury Electric Vehicle Cage Match: Lucid vs. Tesla vs. Everyone Else
The US startup Lucid Motors is still alive, kicking, and ready to crack the electric vehicle code in Norway, the rest of Europe, North America, and Saudi Arabia, too.
Norway’s Plugins Continue To Grow, Tesla Model Y Bestseller
February saw Norway’s plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow to 90.1%, from 86.1% year on year. All the growth came from full electrics, whilst plugin hybrids lost share. Overall auto volume was 7,439 units, down some 9% YoY. The bestselling vehicle was the Tesla Model Y. February’s 90.1% overall … [continued]
XPeng Enters 4 European Countries
One of the most exciting car companies in the world — from my perspective — is the Chinese “smart EV” startup XPeng. It’s been around for a few years, so it may seem like a veteran in some regards in this fast-growing and fast-changing market, but it’s very much a … [continued]
Norway’s Auto Sales Hit 60-Year Low After Tax Increases
Norway saw plugin electric vehicles take 76.3% share of the auto market in January, down from 90.5% year on year. The January auto market was highly anomalous due to the new year’s introduction of tighter auto emissions and tax increases, which had pulled sales forward into December. Overall January auto … [continued]
NIO ES8 Review — 1st impressions
I wrote a long article about NIO in the summer 2022. I had visited NIO and the NIO House in Oslo in the spring. While most of the visit was a conference about NIO, the next day we did have the opportunity to drive and use the battery swap station … [continued]
There Is A Princess With An Electric Carriage In Norway!
My four-year-old daughter loves movies and books about princesses. She likes to dress up like a princess. My daughters also like to ask me hard questions about why we don’t have a king and queen in Zimbabwe and princesses like in the books and movies on TV and why other … [continued]
Politician Embarrassed For Telling The Truth: Cabinet Minister Criticizes Norway’s Green Hydrogen Goals
Norway is just a rich, European Algeria with a big piggybank. That means it’s going to survive the transition adequately, but its economy is going to radically transform.
A Thrill Ride I Will Never Forget — Evoy Electric Boats
The sun rises as the small aircraft hits the frozen ground on the small island of Florø on the Norwegian west coast. My first guess was that the name meant “flowery island,” but it is actually derived from the name “Flora” which might originate from the word “Flóð” which means … [continued]
