Norway Wants To Ban The Sale Of All New Petrol And Diesel Cars By 2025
“That’s a bit drastic,” some of you probably thought, when it was announced that the city of Paris was to ban all cars built before 2010 from its centre by 2020. However, that all seems pretty minor in comparison to what the Norwegian government is cooking up. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv, the country’s government is considering banning the sale of any new petrol or diesel powered car by 2025.
Almost a quarter of all new car sales in Norway are made up of electric vehicles, but to forcibly bring that up to 100 per cent would be an extraordinary move, and an interesting one given that the country’s economy relies heavily on the exportation of oil. It won’t just be diesel and petrol cars getting the boot, either: the plans also cover light commercial vehicles and busses.
It’s important to note this isn’t definite just yet; while the proposed law has been put forward, it hasn’t yet been passed. We’ll be watching this with interest.
What do you think of the proposals? We’re keen to hear your views, particularly if you’re a Norwegian petrolhead!
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Good thing I’ve decided to build electric race cars :)
I’m a norwegian, and I’m offended.
Norwegian petrol-heads be like:
sweden here i come
I think this is very ignorant of the Norwegian goverment, as our country went from a poor country selling potatos to a rich country that became rich souly on the reason that we found and sold petrol, diesel and oil to other countries. And now they want to ban the “problem” that they were a big part of in creating. Sincerly a Norwegian petrolhead!
Yeah haha
Bull*hit. That newspaper is a tabloid and even their transport minister (or something like that) said it isn’t true. Don’t copy news without checking!!!
By 2025 only the worst of cars (and the really really good ones) will have ICE.
Musk’s philosophy is NOT that car guys are the enemy. He just thinks that car guys need to move on from fuel powered cars for the good of the planet. I disagree, because you cannot replicate the same experience in an electric car.
Plus, I believe that the planet was created to work perfectly no matter what, and it can handle whatever we throw at it.
Please do not carry this over to Sweden, i feel very bad for our Norwegian neighbours..
Go home Norway, your drunk