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Over 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway were electric in 2023 (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Over 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway were electric in 2023::New figures released by the Norwegian Road Federation say 82.4 percent of new cars sold in the country last year were electric, up from 79.3 percent in 2022. Tesla, Toyota, and Volkswagen were the most popular brands, with Tesla’s Model Y making up almost a fifth of new sales. Reuters notes that Norway intends to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in 2025.

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[–] Muffi@programming.dev -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

80% of microplastics in the oceans are from car wheels. Electric cars are only slightly better for the environment than ICEs, but no personal vehicle will ever be sustainable. We need to upgrade public transportation to handle our transportational needs, and we need this upgrade process to start years ago.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Electric cars are only slightly better for the environment than ICEs

They are much, much better than ICEs on emissions when fueled with renewable electricity.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem is ppl forget that manufacturing of EVS adds to the climate crisis too. REDUCE and REUSE. Ideally we should be reducing the use of personal cars and focus on public transport. That an reusing older model cars (even ICE's) that are more fuel efficient

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

I agree that we should pour more energy and resources into expanding public transportation. But I think it's very important to make personal transportation more efficient as well, especially if we want conservatives onboard. And we do need everyone onboard on this.

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I agree, but I think a more attainable solution is to try to find a better way of disposing of car tires and garbage in general rather than trying to reduce / remove cars from the streets. We should be doing both though.