ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN AN OIL NATION

​Marianne Mølmen, Agency for Urban Environment
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
IN AN OIL NATION
WHY 3% OF ALL NEW
CARS SOLD IN NORWAY
ARE ELECTRIC
ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN NORWAY :
• Drive for free on toll roads (in Oslo 3,5 - 5 Euro/day).
• Do not have to pay 25% VAT on new electric vehicles.
• Low annual road fee for EVs (EV = 55 euro/year, ICE=395
euro/year).
• Can drive in lanes reserved for bus and taxi.
• Park for free in public parking spaces, but need to abide by the
maximum parking time.
• Do not have to pay for the EV on local ferries.
• Have a strong EV user organization.
​Result: Norway has the highest amount of EVs per capita
STATISTICS
​ he price of a car in
T
Norway v. Sweden:
​ verage driving distance to work: 12,3km
A
(18 km for greater Oslo suburbs)
VW Golf 1.6l TDI BlueMotion
€ 32 421 in Norway
€ 23 389 in Sweden
​ 5% commute with public transport daily
3
87% live in a household with at least one car
39% live in a household with at least two cars
​Nissan Leaf
​€ 31 682 in Norway
€ 35 494 in Sweden
​3% of all new cars sold in Norway are pure
electric!
E
​ Vs in greater Oslo area (Norway total)
2009: 1735 (2781)
2013: 4500 (10000+)
WHY ELECTRIC VEHICLES?
​Renewable electricity:
​99 % of all electricity produced in
Norway comes from hydro.
​ lectricity in 2011:
E
​Produced: 125 000 GWh
​Consumed: 121 800 GWh
​Early EV industry since 1990s
(Pivco/Think, Kewet/Buddy)
HIGH POLITICAL (AND ROYAL!) SUPPORT
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
• Incentives since late 1990s
• Guarantee that incentives will
last until 2017 or 50 000 EVs
​Transnova funded projects:
• Fast charging stations
• NOBIL charging station
• Transnova:
database
Government fund to provide
• Hydrogen buses in Oslo
funding for sustainable mobility • Biofuel projects
projects. Funded normal
• EV taxi projects
charging points in 2009-2010
• Zero Emission Rally
to increase number of CP
nation-wide ($ 5500 per point) • Land power supply for ships
TRANSNOVA FAST CHARGING FUNDING
• Supported fast chargers 2010-2012
• Has inspired counties in Norway to
have a similar approach to increase
fast chargers in their region
• 71 fast chargers today
• 3770 normal charging points (not on
map)
• Green points established fast
chargers.
White points under establishment.
EUROPEAN SALE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES
COOPERATION – CITY OF OSLO
• Close cooperation with the
Norwegian EV Assosciation
• EU project EVUE Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe
• Project with goods delivery and
parcel services together with Bring
Express and SINTEF Research
(Green Urban Distribution)
• EU project FR-EVUE - Freight
Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe
• Project with EV taxis together with
Oslo Taxi and Bellona
​The Norwegian EV Association holds an
EV parade in Oslo
CITY OF OSLO - 400 PUBLIC ON-STREET
CHARGING POINTS
• 400 public on-street charging points was decided in the City Council
together with funding. € 525.000 every year 2008-2011
• Incentives already in place since 1996-2009
• One thing missing was a place for city residents to charge their EV
CHANGE THIS:
TO THIS:
AND LATER THIS:
50 charging points at one location in downtown Oslo
SEPTEMBER 2012: 5,2 % MARKET SHARE
1 IN 20 CARS WAS ELECTRIC!
Main contributors
to Norway’s EV
success:
PAYING FOR POLLUTION
​CHEAP
​EXPENSIVE
AND INCENTIVES