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Tesla and EV dominance in Norway causes shortage of fossil fuel cars to tax
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It’s expected from Teslarati, but it’s strange to talk about Tesla domination when they’re not even the largest manufacturer, and hasn’t been for 2 years.
Realistically, governments should stop using fuel taxes to fund road construction. If they want to make it a usage tax (as the fuel taxes are meant to be), they should charge based on actual wear put on the road. That’s a combination of weight and distance traveled.
They can then choose to subsidise specific methods of travel if they choose, but it wouldn’t be the hidden subsidies we see based on the fact that a diesel dig rig puts hundreds of times more wear on the roads for the same taxes as a hybrid subcompact.
I hate misleading headlines -.-
Over half, close to 70% of cars on Norway roads are still ICE. Yeah, the tax revenue has shrunk, largely since they don’t tax new EV purchases as they have done for ICE cars for years and the more new cars sold that are EV-s the less sales tax they collect. But there is no shortage of ICE cars in Norway.
From the article: Tesla and other electric vehicles are beginning to dominate the roads in Norway, leaving very few internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to tax. The “problem” has been long foreseen by those supporting the EV revolution. As one of the first countries to face the challenge, Norway might set an example for future nations on how to handle EV dominance.
Last month, 11,579 new passenger cars were registered in Norway, 1,369 (-10.6%) fewer cars compared to October 2020, as per the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV).
Zero-emission cars made up 70.1% of the auto market in Norway last month, with a total of 8,116 new registrations, up +3.1% year-over-year. The total used imported zero-emission cars registered in October went up +62.4%, too.
The EV transition has created a gaping hole in Norways’s annual revenue. According to the previous Norwegian government—a center-right coalition which was replaced with a center-left minority government in October—EV dominance was creating a $2.32 billion hole in Norway’s annual revenue.
not long until they will put extra taxes on EVs as well. will happen all over the world when transition has already been done.
Safe to say the tax break for EVs there are getting closer to being phased out