Sorry to interrupt the ongoing reviews of over priced used Mercedes, but I found this interesting - not what I expected:
"Norway is more than a decade ahead of the U.S. in its adoption of electric vehicles. If the Biden administration's goal of having 50 percent of new vehicles be electric by 2030 sounds ambitious <https://theweek.com/climate-change/1022585/are-americans-ready-to-transition-to-evs>, Norway passed that mark in 2019, *The New York Times* reports <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/business/energy-environment/norway-electric-vehicles.html>. In 2022, 80 percent of Norway's new car sales were electric, and it plans to phase out gas-powered cars entirely in 2025. So far, "Norway's experience suggests that electric vehicles bring benefits without the dire consequences predicted by some critics <https://theweek.com/electric-vehicles/1022859/autos-fast-tracking-the-electric-future>," the *Times* reports. Oslo's air is noticeably cleaner — and much quieter — and its greenhouse gas emissions have dropped 30 percent since 2009 with no big uptick in unemployment at gas stations or auto mechanics, or significant strain on the electrical grid. Norway has put a lot of work into making the transition, starting with enacting policies to promote electric vehicles in the 1990s and, more recently, subsidizing the rollout of fast-charge stations throughout the country. The combination of tax breaks for EV owners and readily available charging stations "took away all the friction factors," Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan told the *Times*. But the U.S. and other countries can learn from Norway's challenges with electric cars, not just its successes. That includes figuring out the optimal number and locations for charging stations, and dealing with the frustrations of new EV drivers learning to plug in their cars. "Sometimes we have to give them a coffee to calm down," Marit Bergsland, who works at a Circle K north of Oslo with more charging stations than gas pumps, tells the *Times*. " -- OK Don "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you are wearing." "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Werner Von Braun "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be doing it." -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
