Norway introduces high taxes on burners: electric cars on the advance!

Norway introduces high taxes on burners: electric cars on the advance!

Oslo, Norwegen - Norway announces a radical step in electromobility: From 2025, the country will introduce high taxes for internal combustion engines, while electric cars continue to benefit from tax relief. These measures could make Norway the first nation worldwide, which almost exclusively sells electric cars. The share of sales of electric cars in November was a breathtaking 93.6 percent, while petrol and diesel suffered from a low single-digit market share, such as chip.de reported.

Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum makes it clear that the new rules should help families to be able to afford emission -free vehicles. The VAT exemption for electric cars with a price of up to 500,000 Norwegian crowns remains until at least 2026. The plans include an increase in taxes for combustion engines by an average of 14,500 Norwegian crowns (approx. 1,240 euros) and for plug-in hybrids by 45,000 crowns (approx. 3,850 euros). The Norwegian government pursues a long-term strategy for promoting electromobility, with the aim of making almost 100 percent of new car sales emission-free by 2025, as the electro-car association "Norsk Elforing" confirmed.

A clear course for e-mobility

Christina Bu, the general secretary of the Norwegian electric car association, emphasizes the importance of stable long-term incentives: "Long-term grants are crucial to speed up switching to electric vehicles." This distinguishes Norway from many EU countries, where tax breaks are often only granted temporarily. In addition, there is a lack of a strong car lobby in Norway in politics, since the country does not have its own automobile manufacturers, so that high taxes are easier to enforce on combustion engines, such as vienna.at reported.

In addition, Norway plans to significantly increase the number of charging stations in the coming years in order to meet the growing number of electric vehicles. "Within the next three years we will have at least as many charging stations as pumping stations," says Anders Kleve Svela, manager at the largest petrol station operator Circle K. Despite the success of new car, the market is still increasingly stuck to burners.