Norway, population 5.6 Million.
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@chris They believed that oil would eventually be depleted or replaced so built up a huge fund & transitioned to cleaner energy. Impressive
@chris @SCampbell They weren’t subject to colonialism despite their oil, intead owning it themselves, and decided to use profits responsibly with very little public corruption
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@chris @SCampbell They weren’t subject to colonialism despite their oil, intead owning it themselves, and decided to use profits responsibly with very little public corruption
@Kierkegaanks @SCampbell great point!
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@chris They believed that oil would eventually be depleted or replaced so built up a huge fund & transitioned to cleaner energy. Impressive
@SCampbell a pound of prevention etc etc
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@Sanderde Yes. Purely Political factors.
Ford, Carney, Harper, Trudeau, Notley, Moe, etc etc... all slow walking EV adoption for the benefit of their party donations.
As well as oil companies that put in a 'network' and then let them literally rot (*cough* Petro Canada *cough*).
The exceptions are BC Hydro and Quebec Hydro (aka ”Electric Circuit”) that have excellent networks even before the 3rd-party providers.
BCH: https://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/electric-vehicles/public-charging/fast-charging-network.html
QH/EC: https://www.lecircuitelectrique.com/en/finding-a-station
Hydro One which provides the electricity in Ottawa outside of Toronto and Ottawa does not provide charging stations, but they do have a special rate for public ones if a company wants to install any.
Hydro Ottawa helpfully has a map provided by Plugshare on its website.
Doug Ford is placated by utilities not spending money for the convenience of EV drivers whose cars were not built by Ontario autoworkers.
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Hydro One which provides the electricity in Ottawa outside of Toronto and Ottawa does not provide charging stations, but they do have a special rate for public ones if a company wants to install any.
Hydro Ottawa helpfully has a map provided by Plugshare on its website.
Doug Ford is placated by utilities not spending money for the convenience of EV drivers whose cars were not built by Ontario autoworkers.
@Sanderde the network in Ontario wasn't terrible in 2022 and there are a lot of "coming soon" spots in plugshare, so that's good but it's pretty clear the advantage provinces with public utilities have. The surprise for me was Manitoba. Nothing from Manitoba Hydro in 2022. Perhaps that will change under Kinew's leadership.
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Norway, population 5.6 Million. 1/3rd above the Arctic Circle, and heavily dependent on oil and gas from the North Sea.
And yet, their new-car sales were at 94% EV in January.
98 diesel cars, 7 petrol(gasoline), 29 hybrids.
The rest were EVs.
7 gas cars is wild!
But please tell me again that EVs don't work in the cold etc etc…
#BCPoli #CanPoli #EV #Electric #Cars
https://electrek.co/2026/02/03/even-after-cutting-ev-incentives-norway-only-sold-98-diesel-cars-in-january/@chris Again Canada's auto industry could use its northern expertise and pursue EV's for the north targeting northern Europe and Canada instead of the US market, who's producers are abandoning Canadian production.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/detroit-three-decline-report-9.7071248
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Norway, population 5.6 Million. 1/3rd above the Arctic Circle, and heavily dependent on oil and gas from the North Sea.
And yet, their new-car sales were at 94% EV in January.
98 diesel cars, 7 petrol(gasoline), 29 hybrids.
The rest were EVs.
7 gas cars is wild!
But please tell me again that EVs don't work in the cold etc etc…
#BCPoli #CanPoli #EV #Electric #Cars
https://electrek.co/2026/02/03/even-after-cutting-ev-incentives-norway-only-sold-98-diesel-cars-in-january/@chris
This is a nice headline but I'm looking forward to the "<country> sells ZERO gasoline cars" one, some day soon. -
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This is a nice headline but I'm looking forward to the "<country> sells ZERO gasoline cars" one, some day soon.@negative12dollarbill it's coming fast!
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@Sanderde the network in Ontario wasn't terrible in 2022 and there are a lot of "coming soon" spots in plugshare, so that's good but it's pretty clear the advantage provinces with public utilities have. The surprise for me was Manitoba. Nothing from Manitoba Hydro in 2022. Perhaps that will change under Kinew's leadership.
This helps:
“Shifting focus to infrastructure investment, $1.5 billion will be allocated to the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)’s Charging and Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure Initiative, which partners with EV charging networks such as Flo, Parkland, and JOLT. Carney noted that a new electricity strategy will be released in the coming weeks to double Canada’s grid capacity to support the growth of EV charging stations. “
Remains to be seen how effective this will be:
“A Canadian vehicle emissions standard that achieves 75% EV sales by 2035 and 90% EV sales by 2040 will be a major step toward achieving a globally competitive automotive sector, provided that appropriate regulations are finalized in 2026.”
https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/02/05/canada-invest-1-5-billion-ev-infrastructure/
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This helps:
“Shifting focus to infrastructure investment, $1.5 billion will be allocated to the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)’s Charging and Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure Initiative, which partners with EV charging networks such as Flo, Parkland, and JOLT. Carney noted that a new electricity strategy will be released in the coming weeks to double Canada’s grid capacity to support the growth of EV charging stations. “
Remains to be seen how effective this will be:
“A Canadian vehicle emissions standard that achieves 75% EV sales by 2035 and 90% EV sales by 2040 will be a major step toward achieving a globally competitive automotive sector, provided that appropriate regulations are finalized in 2026.”
https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/02/05/canada-invest-1-5-billion-ev-infrastructure/
@Sanderde those investments are good, but they are long term and vague.
I think unfortunately we went from being amongst progressive countries to being an indisputable laggard. Our autonindustry and our consumers will suffer because of it.
Underwhelming to say the least.
