The royal family of Norway is switching to electric cars as a way of supporting the country's plan to promote the EV revolution.
that none of the cars used by government ministers are electric today and no one knows when they will be. On the other hand, the city of Oslo puts a priority on electric cars for transporting its government officials.
“There is an obvious symbolic value in the fact that these cars, in which our government officials are constantly seen in public, also harmonize with the signals that the same authorities have been giving to the people for years — that we should all choose electric and emission free cars, both the people and the politicians.
The reason, Bernsten said, is safety. By that he means that all the official cars are armored and there are no suitable armored electric cars available. “We have quite strict specifications and currently there are no electric cars that meet the requirements we have for safety. We are of course following the development, but for now electric cars are not relevant for the protection of the authorities,” he said.
In fact, Norway is beginning to dial back some of those incentive programs, which have worked so well but have also come at significant cost to the national treasury. Symbols send powerful signals in every society. If Norway is going fully electric, its senior leaders should do so as well. [On a personal note, I would dearly love a ride in that 1939 Buick Roadmaster. Hopefully Are Hansen will make that happen next time I am in Oslo.]
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