EV’s have zero car tax and zero VAT on Norway. That makes them cheaper than equivalent gas cars
> Yes, and consumers so far have universally rejected PHEV unless massively insentivised to do so.
Same with EV’s as shown above. They’re only massively popular if the price is right. It all comes down to it.
In Finland PHEV sales are now higher than diesel sales iirc, which used to be super popular here. Due to how car tax works on models like Volvo the PHEV variant is cheaper than the gas variant, hence people select them. We don’t have no VAT like Norway has so BEV’s are still very expensive here.
Personally I do like emissions based taxation a lot. No need to complain about people not buying them as they will buy if the price is correct vs alternatives.
As a sidenote Toyota has announced an EV. Sure it’s bit after others but not by that much.
Also they’re increasing the amount of PHEV’s. As they already have a good hybrid tech one just needs to slap a bigger battery and it’s done. And as batteries weigh a lot the weight of PHEV with it’s ICE and whatnot is around the same as BEV. See Rav4 PHEV as a good example.