From what I understand, Norway has enjoyed decades of lucrative oil exports (2nd only to Russia apparently). This has allowed them the luxury of establishing these sweeping changes to EV.
I like the idea of electric vehicles, and I understand that technology improvements are fast eroding the arguments of the naysayers.
Unfortunately, the cost of admission is beyond a lot of people, including myself. My AU Falcon and Wife's old Magna wouldn't fetch enough money on Gumtree combined to buy a set of wheels from a Tesla. Heck, I couldn't even afford a replacement genuine ABS unit from a Prius ($7000 a menchanic mate recently told me). Unless there was some kind of interest free loan, with a payback duration in line with the ROI period, I can't play. I doubt I'm alone on this.
Many people, and countries, have made their fortunes by the use of fossil fuels. Now that they're set for life, they can afford to change their tune, and make comment/recommendation to others.
This problem needs to be thought through from top to bottom. It's not simple by any means.
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