The future is here in Norway, where plug-in vehicles made up around 90% of total auto sales in August. However, the commercial segment of the market has fallen behind the times. Almost all individual drivers buy EVs, but a lot of fossil vehicles are still being sold to companies—particularly car rental agencies. From January to… Read more »
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Hurtigruten Norway unveils plans for a zero-emission cruise ship
Hurtigruten Norway, whose cruises along the fjord-indented Norwegian coast are the stuff of travelers’ dreams, has long been a beacon of greenery in a generally brown industry. Some of the company’s ships are basically plug-in hybrids, featuring enormous batteries to reduce the use of the diesel engines. Unlike the vast majority of the world’s passenger… Read more »
Scania delivers unique 66-ton electric truck to quarry in Norway
In the rapidly-growing EV market, it’s good to be skeptical of superlative claims. It’s anybody’s guess how long the electric truck that Scania recently delivered to the Verdalskalk limestone quarry in Norway will hold the title of the country’s largest, but this is definitely a pretty darn big truck. This 66-tonne monster has 3 axles,… Read more »
Norway has another electrifying year in 2022—10 top-selling cars were all EVs
Norway is the undisputed global capital of e-mobility. Private cars, taxis, buses, ferries, airport ground equipment—they’re all plugging in. The trend of steady electrification continued last year. The market share of plug-in vehicles rose from 65 percent in 2021 to 80 percent in 2022. This represents an important step towards reaching the country’s goal climate goal… Read more »
Letter from Norway: Everything’s going electric
Norway is to EV-spotting what Costa Rica is to birdwatchers—you can count on seeing a vast variety of species, including some that are very rare elsewhere in the world. On a recent visit, I added several EV models to my life list. On the streets of Oslo and Bergen, I saw tons of Teslas, loads… Read more »
FREYR Battery to build gigafactory in Norway
FREYR Battery is replacing its plan to build two gigafactories with a plan to build a single gigafactory which increases capacity by 150%. The estimated construction cost will be $1.7 billion. “FREYR is increasing the nameplate capacity of Giga Arctic to 29 GWh in response to improving battery supply-demand dynamics, ongoing commercial success, significant progress… Read more »
Eviny installs new 360 kW ABB chargers in Norway
Eviny, a Norwegian provider of charging and other e-mobility services, has deployed ABB’s new Terra 360 charging station at the Oasen Shopping Center in Bergen and in the ski resort of Geilo. The pilot installations, which will be followed by a more widespread rollout across Norway and Sweden, are meant to demonstrate the performance of… Read more »
The Chinese are coming—NIO delivers ES8 EV in Norway
Chinese EV-maker NIO has begun deliveries of its ES8 electric SUV in Norway, and has opened a service and delivery center in Oslo. The ES8 comes in six- and seven-seat configurations. It boasts a 0-100 km/h time of 4.9 seconds and a peak (CCS) charging rate of 120 kW. There are two battery pack options:… Read more »
Tesla Model Y launch helps Norway reach 72% EV market share
Tesla’s Model Y is hitting Europe like an electrical storm. In Norway, it became the best-selling vehicle (yes, of any kind) within a week of beginning deliveries. The Vikings’ buying spree pushed EV sales to a new monthly record: 72% of the total auto market in August, compared to 64% in July. Adding PHEVs and… Read more »
Autonomous electric cargo ship with 7 MWh battery capacity sets sail in Norway
Norwegian chemical firm Yara International has developed an autonomous electric cargo ship, which is scheduled to make its maiden voyage with no crew members aboard later this year. Yara, a major shipper of bulk cargoes, created a subsidiary, Yara Marine Technologies, to address toxic emissions from marine diesel engines. In 2017, it began working on… Read more »