If you’ve been paying attention, electric vehicles are slowly taking over our roads.
These measures will ensure that EV adoption will continue to boom worldwide.
Norway
Many countries are trying to promote fully electric vehicles, but Norway is a true pioneer.
Many people became familiar with EVs as a mainstream option thanks to Tesla.
The government now plans to introduce VAT on the most expensive electric cars.
VAT will be charged on the portion of the sale price of new electric cars above NOK 500,000.
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For context, NOK 500,000 is around $50,000 at the time of writing.
The United States
The United States is also one of the best countries to own an EV.
The Dutch government offers various incentives for consumers considering buying an electric vehicle.
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The first incentive is a subsidy to promote the purchase of electric vehicles.
There is also a used car subsidy that will strike 2,000 from the purchase of a qualifying second-hand EV.
It’s great that the Dutch government also accounts for people shopping for second-hand EVs.
This is an amazing number and even better than the approximately 59k chargers in Germany.
There’s still some work to be done in terms of European charging infrastructure parity.
For the EV experience to be rewarding, robust charging infrastructures are mandatory.
These nations are spearheading the global EV movement and are actively enacting policy that helps move this goal forward.
