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Only 7 gasoline cars were sold in Norway last month. Seven! 98 diesel cars & 29 hybrids were also sold, but the rest were EVs. And this comes after Norway cut EV incentives. https://electrek.co/2026/02/03/even-after-cutting-ev-incentives-norway-only-sold-98-diesel-cars-in-january/

Even after cutting EV incentives, Norway only sold 98 diesel cars in January

Norway cut EV incentives, resulting in a rush and record sales. That would usually cause a hangover, but EVs still took 94% share in January.

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Paul Chernoff Feb 4

@kottke @benroyce This makes me wonder about the EV infrastructure in Norway. For people who live in apartments, is it common to have adequate number of EV charing stations?
If a townhouse complex has only parking lots and street parking, is charging available.

My biggest fear in the US is that one I move I’ll end up in a place where I can't charge my EV since I plan on selling my house and buying a condo. I suspect Norway has been much better at building an EV infrastructure.

@paulc Oslo has public parking with charging all over the place. Having an EV with no "dedicated parking" is no issue.

I don't think this will be an issue in most countries much longer.

The US? No idea, nothing makes sense in the US.
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Paul Chernoff

@lettosprey @kottke Thanks for the info on Norway.

In the US everyone is expected to pay their own way even if the billing costs 10x as much as the product.

Unless you are very wealthy. Many in that class expect free stuff.