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One of the first countries in the world to embrace modern electric cars, Japan... (Original Post)
pbmus
Mar 2018
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Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)1. Makes sense...
one thing that hasn't changed since WWII...Japan imports 100% of its oil.
Henry Krinkle
(208 posts)2. Comes at a cost though
Prior to the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, Japan had generated 30% of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40%.[4] Nuclear energy was a national strategic priority in Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Japan
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)3. Norway is the world's leading user of electric cars.
While tourists explore Oslos history in the grounds of the centuries-old Akershus fortress, below their feet is a harbinger of the citys future.
Here in the catacombs sit scores of Teslas, Nissan Leafs and BMW i3s, plugged into the charging points of the worlds largest public garage for electric cars.
Walter Mulling is on his first visit to the garage, and is excited about the prospect of parking and charging his electric VW Golf for free. We are in the future, he says.
Norway is the undisputed world leader on electric cars, run almost exclusively off the nations copious hydropower resource. Nearly a third of all new cars sold in the country this year will be a plug-in model either fully electric or a hybrid and experts expect that share to rise to as much as 40% next year.
Here in the catacombs sit scores of Teslas, Nissan Leafs and BMW i3s, plugged into the charging points of the worlds largest public garage for electric cars.
Walter Mulling is on his first visit to the garage, and is excited about the prospect of parking and charging his electric VW Golf for free. We are in the future, he says.
Norway is the undisputed world leader on electric cars, run almost exclusively off the nations copious hydropower resource. Nearly a third of all new cars sold in the country this year will be a plug-in model either fully electric or a hybrid and experts expect that share to rise to as much as 40% next year.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/25/norway-leads-way-electric-cars-green-taxation-shift