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Old 01-16-2019, 01:46 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
It doesn't surprise me that a wealthy and relatively homogeneous group of people who have been conditioned to relinquish liberty might achieve 50% EV sales at great expense.

Those conditions don't exist in the US, and won't in the next 10 years.
What, do you really believe the Norwegians have relinquished their liberty?
Don't tell them or they'll just laugh in your face, in a polite and restrained way.

The Norwegians have a national debt of about 35% GDP, but also a state investment fund that's worth many times that. Norwegians are free, probably more than anyone else, and willing to change the world for the better.

It is their choice to do it this way. Either that, or somebody enslaved and forced them to drive Tesla Model S and Xes.

Not in the US?
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/12...-sales-charts/
It is coming. Almost 10% of car sales in California, 2% US overall, but almost doubling every year. Could be 2022 for California and 2024 for the rest of the country.

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