Electric truck - tow vehicle of future ?

valhalla360 wrote:

John & Angela wrote:


Well, the country with the highest density of electric vehicles is Norway. Currently 55 percent of all new vehicles sold in Norway are electric and that number continues to rise. Yes cold weather plays a role in range of EV's but ranges continue to increase as batteries get cheaper. Norway is a smaller country but remember, this is the EU. People routinely live in one country and work in another as a citizen of the EU can work anywhere in the EU. Commuting distances are similar. So EV's can work in colder climates. Having said all that, the infrastructure for work place level one or level 2 charging is also much better. Building codes have been changed requiring level 1 or 2 charging in apartments and condos and of course level 3 charging is much more available. We are a few years behind on this side of the pond but it is beginning to change fairly quickly where we are. We live in a cold climate and both our EV's suit all our needs...but then again, we knew that going in..or we wouldn't have bought them. My point being that obviously EV's are not suitable for everyone's needs, but they are for many.

I've seen this comment before on other sites and when I searched online for the most popular vehicle in norway, the leaf was the top electric vehicle and it came in at #8 with a whopping 906 sold in June.

I'm struggling with the math of how 3-4 electric models (none in the top 7 for sales) could result in 55% of all new car sales?

Do you have a link to the sales by model? Maybe my data is old because what I found was for 2016.