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A recent survey shows that there are three obstacles in particular that stand out before Norwegians buy electric cars.
Electric cars have become increasingly common among Norwegian car buyers in recent years, and while they have gained a strong presence in the new car market, many more Norwegians still choose to buy a diesel car rather than an electric one. .
In a market survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the charging company EVBox, 3,600 Europeans, including Norwegians, were asked about their relationship with electric cars. The results show several examples of why more Norwegians do not drive a car with electricity as fuel.
Of the Norwegians surveyed in the Ipsos survey who are considering buying an electric car, 45 percent say they think so. the uncertainty associated with the available charger is an obstacle.
30 percent also say they think charging an electric car takes too long.
26 percent fear that maintenance costs for electric cars will be high.
Loading queue on Norwegian roads
Today, there are around 300,000 electric vehicle drivers in Norway and around 129,000 owners of rechargeable hybrids.
Director Geir Bjørnstad of the EVBox charging company thinks it is understandable that Norwegians may be concerned about the lack of charging options after a summer in which many took an electric car holiday in Norway.
– One thing is to stop charging for 20 minutes, but another thing is to queue to load. Ladekø is a brake for many new electric car owners, who experience this as a recession, says Bjørnstad.
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The general secretary of the Norwegian Electric Car Association, Christina Bu, believes that the figures show that consumers who are unsure whether they can charge their car at home or while traveling choose not to use electric cars.
– Politicians should take note. For two years, the government has postponed a support plan to launch collection in housing associations and co-owners. Now is the time for them to deliver so everyone has a chance to choose an electric car, regardless of whether they live in an apartment or a single-family home, says Bu.
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INVITATION: – It should be easier to use to charge, says Christina Bu from the Electric Car Association.
Photo: Mariam Butt (NTB scanpix)
And even though most people charge at home when the car is parked, it happens a lot between fast-charging operators and automakers, according to Bu and Bjørnstad.
– We see the charging time shortened for almost all new models coming, and you will soon be able to charge up to 80 percent in 10 to 12 minutes. Then the fill time for gasoline and diesel is coming up, says Bjørnstad.
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ELECTRIC CARS: Electric cars account for around 48 percent of passenger vehicle sales in Norway today.
Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen (NTB)
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Issues with maintenance concerns
That more than one in four Norwegians who do not own an electric car are concerned about high maintenance costs compared to a gasoline car, comes as a surprise to EVBox director Bjørnstad.
– After 20 years in the industry, it doesn’t surprise me much more, he says.
The electric car veteran thinks it’s ignorance.
– It seems very strange to me when someone says that they fear large annual service expenses if they are going to buy an electric car. The annual service fee is, on average, a fraction of that of a conventional car. The last time I bought an electric car, I also received free service for the first four years. Electric cars have almost no wearing parts and are much cheaper to operate than diesel and gasoline cars.
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CHARGER: – If you have the proper infrastructure to charge and don’t charge through a wall socket, you can fully charge in five to six hours at home, says Geir Bjørnstad of the EVBox charging company, who believes that the concern of Norwegians for the long charging time is strange.
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However, Secretary General Bu of the Norwegian Electric Car Association recalls that it can quickly get expensive once something is destroyed:
– In general, there are fewer parts to maintain in an electric car engine, so in practice there are fewer parts that can break. But some pieces are expensive once destroyed. We expect parts production costs to drop now that more and more electric cars are being produced around the world, and that economies of scale will also benefit electric car engine parts, says Bu.
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Green political wave affects potential buyers
The Storting and the government aim for all new cars to be electric or hydrogen from 2025. At the same time, the EU has set very ambitious targets to reduce emissions in Europe through the European Green Deal, which, between other things, it implies a massive development of infrastructure for electric cars.
Both Europeans (70 percent) and Norwegians (52 percent) who did not own an electric car thought that the political leadership in Europe made it more attractive for them to buy an electric car.
– International electric car market reports show that there are expected to be government incentives and laws that will drive development of the electric car market until 2025, but that from 2025 the auto industry itself will drive development, says Bjørnstad.
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The head of EVBox predicts that batteries will only get cheaper and that in five years it will be more profitable for manufacturers to produce an electric car compared to a gasoline or diesel car.
– When I bought a Nissan Leaf in 2010, it had a battery cost of $ 22,000, a power of 22 KWt and a range of 138 kilometers. The models sold today will have a battery cost of $ 8,600, 60 KWt and a range of 370 kilometers. That says a bit about the development we are in now, says Bjørnstad.
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