On 6 May this year, Norway revoked the right of electric cars to drive on, among other things, bus lanes. This has led to a significant drop in traffic.
The Norwegians are no longer quite so fussy about electric cars.
For the first time in a very long time, electric cars' share of new car sales in the country fell to the north in the month of May. And in the same month, Norway's government revoked the right of electric cars to drive in, among other places. bus lanes.
This is written by Norwegian Motor .
That electric cars must now share the 'ordinary' road lanes with the other motorists in e.g. Oslo has a fast decline in traffic volume. More concretely, there are now 10,800 fewer cars per day on the major roads in and around the capital.
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Accessibility on the ordinary roads, where the electric cars must now also be, has, however, deteriorated significantly because more cars are squeezed together precisely there.
However, Norway can choose to lift the ban and once again allow electric cars to ply the bus lanes. There are also indications that this is the case. The Norwegian Road Administration, which corresponds to the Norwegian Road Directorate, calls the ban temporary.
While Norway closes bus lanes for electric cars, the government in Denmark may be getting ready to support electric cars even more than is the case today. At least if you are to take a new announcement from Tax Minister Jeppe Bruus (S) seriously. Read more about it here .
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