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The first electric car to go on sale in the country was the REVAi, introduced in March 2009. The REVAi, powered by lead–acid batteries, sold 10 units. [319] The Mitsubishi i MiEV was launched in February 2011, with initial availability limited to 25 to 50 units.
By 2016, plug-in electric vehicles had captured nearly a quarter of the auto market and the country aims for every new car, urban bus and light van to be zero -emission by 2025.
Shown a Nissan Leaf, the top selling plug-in electric car in the country since 2012. In September 2013 the Norwegian Parliament approved, as part of the revised 2014 budget, an exemption from the 25% VAT for leasing electric vehicles effective on 1 January 2014. [152]
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Cumulative plug-in electric car sales in California compared to the world's top-selling countries and regional markets as of December 2021.. The stock of plug-in electric vehicles in California is the largest in the United States, and as of December 2023, cumulative plug-in car registrations in the state since 2010 totaled 1.77 million units.
This article appears in the October/November 2023 issue of Fortune with the headline, "The dark side of an electric ride. This story was originally featured on Fortune.com Show comments
Green capitalism and sustainable development approaches have informed policy in many countries of the Global North, resulting in rapid growth of the electric vehicle industry, and resulting demands for raw materials. [21] Mainstream projections for electric vehicle uptake assume that there will be more cars in the future. [29]
The Norwegian fleet of plug-in electric vehicles is the largest per capita in the world. [2] [3] [4] In December 2016, Norway became the first country where five in every 100 passenger cars on the road were plug-in; [5] attained 10% in October 2018, [6] and reached 25% in September 2022.