Norway's electric vehicle sales have increased from less than 1% of total auto sales in 2010 to a whopping 88.9% last year.

Summary

Norway is on track to become the first country to eliminate gasoline and diesel cars from new car sales, with EVs making up over 96% of recent purchases.

Decades of incentives, including tax breaks and infrastructure investments, have driven this shift.

Officials see EV adoption as a “new normal” and aim for electric city buses by 2025.

While other countries lag behind, Norway’s success demonstrates the potential for widespread EV adoption.

  • Majorllama@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara

    Feel free to do your own research at any point. The materials required for the massive batteries in all those EVs have to come from somewhere and they generally are obtained through slave and child labor in third world countries.

    Also your “source” is a privately run show from a former actor and comedian who really likes EVs and he gathered an audience that donate money to him through patron to keep the show going. That’s a biased source if I’ve ever seen one. Of course the guy who makes a living in the EV space is going to do nothing but sing the praises of the Almighty EV.

    I feel it bears repeating I am not even again against EVs. I simply do not care for how the EV super fans talk about their stuff. They always seem to pick and choose whatever information is convenient for them and their favorite tech while conveniently leaving out anything negative.

    I do believe electric will be the future. We just have some problems to sort out on the energy density side of things. Battery technology still just isn’t quite ready and even if we sick with lithium we need to find a better way to get the materials required.

    Edit: spelling

    • Twig@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      they generally are obtained through slave and child labor in third world countries.

      Isn’t that for pretty much everything?

      • Majorllama@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        2 days ago

        Yes and no. It depends on what material you are specifically looking for.

        For the grand majority of materials needed in an ICE vehicle we have had “ethical” sources for everything for awhile now. Which makes sense the industry has had 100 years to clean up its image as much as they cared to.

        The materials needed specifically for large lithium batteries are still currently gathered primally in places where human rights aren’t even considered. People are working on getting that changed, but last time I checked it was still really bad.