SIFO researcher Anita Borch tells the story of the electric car in Norway in a commentary article in Dagbladet. She describes the paradox where the small, ugly electric car was a luxury for the richest.
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“Tesla has changed our perception of the electric vehicle from seeing it as an ugly, little car that signals anti materialistic values, the electric car is a luxury car that stands for the opposite
EV musher is no longer a poor radical who sacrificed themselves for the environment, but a rich piggybacking with “suction tube far into the government’s coffers.” The main criticism is that the electric car benefits subsidizes the rich part of the population, violates the principles of “fair distribution” and helps to increase social inequalities in society. Criticism has thus a Social Democracy soar with deep roots in Norwegian politics and culture.
On the international level disputed whether the electric car really is a measure of the climate, that is, if it helps to reduce CO2 emissions . In Norway, we consider them, however, as more environmentally friendly than they do in many other European countries – since it is largely powered by renewable energy. Most people can still agree that the electric car is a measure of the environmental effect of improving air quality in cities.
The electric car, however, was not built as an environmental measure. The first electric car was produced by the American inventor Thomas Davenport in 1834. Around 1900, had electric cars a significant market share. But when Henry Ford started mass production of gasoline-powered cars were ousted. Since EVs been relaunched several times, but success has not been sustained. Objections have always been expensive production costs, high retail price and low range due to poor battery quality. In recent years, however, electric cars the technology improved considerably. Today, electric cars like the Nissan Leaf (2013 model) and Tesla Model S theoretically a range of respectively 175 to -220 and 260-480 kilometers.
In Norway was the first three-cars made in 1970. In 1991, the first electric car, Danish Kewet El Jet, approved for sale. Buddy, who many will recognize their special way, boxlike design, is the sixth generation of this car. Sales of the first all-Norwegian electric car, the City Bee, started in 1997. The supplier was firm Pivco that after a bankruptcy launched electric car Think in 1999. Nor Think was a success and went bankrupt in 2006 and in 2011. Yet did it during these years Norwegian authorities sympathetic to the electric car. The idea that “the Norwegian electric car adventure” would help to supplement or replace the Norwegian oil industry was a major reason why electric cars advantages in its time was adopted.
Thanks to EV advantage, Norway is the country with the highest share EV drivers. Nevertheless, they are the electrical cars today only 2-3 percent of the vehicle population in Norway. Continued increases sales of fossil cars more than the sales of electric cars, and in 2017 EV benefits taken up for reconsideration.
It has long been known that the electric car has met resistance among supporters of the so-called 0-growth. 0 growth is a political strategy aimed at improving the climate through reduced consumption. Proponents of 0 growth mean that a sustainable society can not be achieved unless it reduces the current standard of living. These advocates also opposes the idea that happiness is contingent on high standard of living. On the contrary, they believe that the quality of life increases when property values get less attention. 0 growth belies “green growth” aimed at reducing CO2 emissions through increased innovation of more environmentally friendly products. While supporters of 0 growth typically will speak for development of public transport, the proponents of green growth often advocate for EV measures. Then prioritize EV measures may come at the expense of the development of public transport, many supporters of 0 growth opponents of electric vehicle. Common to supporters of 0 growth and green growth is that they both speak the climate issue.
However, it is not 0-growth strategists primarily bristle against the electric car today, but intellectuals and writers who speak community issue. As such, placing the new EV criticism directly in the line of fire between two factions that for years to come to constitute two important groups that oppose each other politically: those who are willing to prioritize climate and environment at the expense of social concerns, and they who do not. The spokesperson for the new EV criticism has placed itself among the latter. Soon EV benefits taken up for reconsideration. Will the government do the same – and at what price? “
Read the article at Dagbladet.no
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