Norway went on electricity

Norwegians follow the environmental and it shows statistics on the number of electric vehicles per capita. At 50 there is 1 electric car or hybrid. This figure is allowed to occupy the fourth place ranking of countries with the highest number of electric cars. Well, the first line is the US, where it is registered almost 450 thousand "trains". It is followed by China with 300 thousand electric cars and Japan, where the roads go 150 thousand vehicles with electric motors or gibridnymim settings.



On April 5, according to the 06 million inhabitants of Norway 100 thousand 600 vehicles with electric or hybrid propulsion systems that can be charged from a household power socket. The main influx of electric cars began with 2010, when there were only 3366 of these cars in the country, but after six years their number has increased almost 30 times!



Probably the most popular electric cars in Norway is considered to be Nissan Leaf, which went on sale in 2011. Just on the heels of his haunts Mitsubishi i-MiEV, and recently in Norway were officially sell the Tesla Model S. Leaf cost starts from 20 thousand euros, while enzinovy ​​Nissan Qashkai will cost already 30 thousand. The basic version of Tesla begins with 67 thousand euros, but the purchase of electric cars have their "bonuses": savings in the absence of VAT, no tax, no registration fee, and free highways, parking and recharging. Pleasures of possession electric cars allow Norwegians to save up to 9000 euros per year! It turns out that inexpensive Leaf already pays for itself in 2 years and it is impressive.
In addition to Norway, other countries are also beginning to actively encourage people to purchase "green" vehicles. Germany in 2020 plans to spend one billion euros to stimulate consumer interest in electric cars. The Germans will get from the state and four thousand euro for buying electric cars and three million on the purchase of a hybrid.