Transport renewable energy becoming a Nordic forte
07. September 2009
World transport is slowly transforming towards a sector powered by electric and biofuels, among others. Nordic countries like Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are at the cutting edge of this development.
By Alex, Ice News - Daily News
This Nordic leadership in alternative fuels for transport will be highlighted
at the upcoming Driving Sustainability Conference in Reykjavik later this month.
Norway already has more than 3,000 electric cars on its roads and Norwegian government
policy dictates that charging their batteries is free of charge, zero emissions
EVs get free parking, can drive on bus lanes in the city, get free rides on state
run ferries (there are a lot of them in Norway) and there is no VAT on electric
cars in Norway, so they’re reasonably priced.
‘Think’ is the leading producer of competitive electric city cars in the world. In addition,
Norway produces the tiny Buddy EV electric car.
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