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For example, the buyer of a Tesla Roadster, a fully electric vehicle, will receive a much larger tax credit than the buyer of a standard hybrid, which will pollute much more during its lifespan. [9] The federal government now lists models that are pre-approved to receive a tax credit; some other models may qualify on an ad hoc basis.
The market share of plug-in electric passenger cars increased from 0.14% in 2011 to 0.37% in 2012, 0.62% in 2013, and reached 0.75% of new car sales in 2014. [ 7 ] [ 156 ] [ 8 ] As plug-in car sales slowed down during the 2015, the segment's market share fell to 0.66% of new car sales, [ 8 ] [ 157 ] then increased to 0.90% in 2016. [ 15 ]
The new bonus-malus system, starting 1 July 2018, will offer electric car buyers a bonus of 60,000 kr. [185] The bonus of 70,000 kr offered to electric car buyers was abolished in November 2022 by the new right-wing government. [citation needed]
Despite the rapid growth experienced, the plug-in electric car segment represented just about 1 out of every 250 vehicles on the world's roads by the end of 2018 (0.4%), [146] rose to 1 out of every 200 motor vehicles (0.48%) in 2019, [147] and by the end of 2020, the stock share of plug-in cars on the world's roads was 1%.
A total of 434,498 hybrid electric vehicles were sold during 2012, and the hybrid market share of total new car sales in the country was 3.0%, up from 2.1% in 2011. [10] The top five selling hybrids during 2012 were the Toyota Prius liftback (147,503), the second generation Camry Hybrid (45,626), Prius v (1,669), Prius c (35,733), and the ...
The Tesla Model S electric car is a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) declared 2013 World Green Car of the Year. [18] Apart from animal-powered and human-powered vehicles, battery electric vehicles (which include cars, aircraft and boats) also do not emit any of the above pollutants, nor any CO 2 gases during use.
The sales of electric cars in the first quarter of 2022 went up to 2 million. [250] China has the largest all-electric car fleet in use, with 2.58 million at the end of 2019, more than half (53.9%) of the world's electric car stock. All-electric cars have oversold plug-in hybrids since 2012. [251] [188] [189] [252]
A record monthly market share for the plug-in electric passenger segment in any country was achieved in Norway in January 2017 with 37.5% of new car sales; the plug-in hybrid segment reached a 20.0% market share of new passenger cars, and the all-electric car segment had a 17.5% market share. [196]