These countries are ready for electric cars
Norway is miles ahead of the other European countries when it comes to electric cars and organization. That in itself may not come at you like a big bomb. Nevertheless, it is relatively startling to see the statistics Din Side has obtained from the online driver’s license resource Zutopi.
The figures show that we do not just have by far the most electric cars – both in pure numbers and as a share of the total car fleet. Norway also has by far the closest offer of charging stations and affordable fast charging.
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“The country that is most ready for electric cars is Norway, which achieves a score of 8.14 (out of 10). Norway has the highest share of electric cars in the world, with an impressive 11.83 percent of the entire car fleet. And that number is rising rapidly, since 55 percent of new car registrations in 2021, so far, have been electric cars. On top of that, Norwegian authorities have also covered the landscape with 35.79 public charging stations per kilometer of road, to help charge all their electric vehicles “, writes Zutopi in a comment.
How ready are the European countries for electric cars?
# |
Land |
Purchase incentive * |
Number of electric cars * |
Charging price ** |
Search*** |
Share**** |
Charging stations ***** |
Points |
1. | Norway | € 0 | 319 540 | $ 4.75 | 37.54 | 11.83% | 35.79 | 8.14 |
2. | United Kingdom | € 3,538 | 206 997 | $ 13.00 | 139.65 | 0.59% | 8.80 | 4.73 |
3. | The Netherlands | € 4,000 | 172 524 | $ 9.35 | 38.17 | 2.06% | 21.82 | 4.68 |
4. | ISLAND | € 10 | 5499 | $ 6.80 | 38.1 | 2.20% | 10.43 | 4.36 |
5. | Malta | € 0 | 1934 | $ 7.85 | 97.39 | 0.66% | 0.00 | 4.29 |
7. | Sweden | € 5,882 | 58 240 | $ 8.20 | 18.52 | 1.20% | 4.88 | 3.30 |
26. | Denmark | € 0 | 30 516 | $ 16.75 | 54.04 | 1.18% | 2.49 | 2.40 |
The table shows how well the various European countries are prepared for the electric car wave. On mobile, you can drag the table with your finger. Explanations: * Does not affect the total score. Norwegians also get a big discount, due to VAT exemption etc. ** Price for fully charging a Tesla Model 3 (50 kWt). *** Electric car search per 100,000 inhabitants. **** Proportion of electric cars in the total car fleet. ***** The number of available charging stations per km in the country.
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Far ahead
It is no secret that Norway was and is incredibly early in investing in electric cars. The authorities have decided that nothing more than new electric cars will be sold from and including 2025 – a goal that is well within reach, when you see that the share in 2021 is already well over 50 percent.
In the total score, Norway gets a full 8.14 points out of 10 possible. How well it is illustrated by Britain in second place only gets 4.73 points. The rest of the top list you see in the table further up in the case.
According to the study, the proportion of electric cars in a Norwegian car fleet is 11.83 percent. According to Statistics Norway (SSB), it was even better – in fact over 12 percent (out of 2,810,475 passenger cars) by the end of 2020. And with today’s sales, the share increases sharply.
In comparison, few European countries can be separated by a share of one percent or more. According to the survey, only five other countries – out of 32 – reach one percent. Next best are Iceland (2.2%) and the Netherlands (2.06%), while Sweden (1.2%), Denmark (1.18%) and Switzerland (1.11%) follow.
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Most chargers and best price
Of course, in order to reach such a large proportion of electric cars, other services must follow. And here we see that the charging station density in Norway is without competition. Here we have 35.79 public charging stations per kilometer of road, we must believe Zutopi.
Apart from the Netherlands (21.82) and Iceland (10.43) – both of which have a style other than Norway – no country reaches the 10s here.
In addition, Norway has the best cheapest price for fast charging. Here we are beaten by Turkey ($ 3.95) when it costs $ 4.75 to charge a Tesla Model 3 with 50 kWt.
Located seven years behind
That Norway comes out so well from the survey, however, does not surprise Secretary General Christina Bu of the Electric Car Association.
– I am not at all surprised that Norway is far ahead. We are the best in the world when it comes to the spread of electric cars. In September, we broke another sales record with an electric car share of as much as 77.5 percent. In Norway, electric cars are becoming the norm, she quickly turns to Din Side.
However, she believes that the rest of the continent is following the same sales curve as Norway, but that they are of course some years behind us on the trail.
– Germany is, for example, around seven years behind us. We are in many ways facing a total transformation in the automotive industry, and the shift globally is not so far away, says the Secretary General.