Almost all new cars sold in Norway last year were fully electric, according to official registration data published Friday. It puts the Nordic country within touching distance of effectively erasing gasoline and diesel cars from its new car market. “2025 has been a very special car year,” Geir Inge Stokke, director of the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council, said in a statement.
I live in Norway. I’m well aware of how the tax incentives work.
The plurality of Norwegian new car buyers are choosing to support Trump’s policies monetarily by buying Teslas. They are aware of the political positions of the company and they’re still choosing to buy the cars. In my opinion, none of your excuses can justify this.
I’m not making excuses, I’m trying to explain the behavior. Understanding the reason for the behavior is step 1 in changing the behavior.
There is some reason which is resulting in Norwegians still buying Teslas. Similar countries, like Sweden, are not buying Teslas. What’s different in Norway? It’s very obviously not that they’re all uninformed, and it’s not that they’re all fascist. There has to be some other reasons which result in Norwegians choosing to give money to Elon.
Not everything is black and white. I don’t want to give money to Nestlé, but I also need to eat. I think Intuit is a terrible company, but TurboTax is also the most feasible way for me to do my taxes, so I hold my nose and give money to them. There’s nuance to everything. I’m curious what’s tipping the scales for Tesla specifically in Norway and not other places, and wondering how that might be changed.