Norway , Scandinavia ’s electric car haven , is mulling over some giving plans to make their road fill with zero - emission vehicle by 2025 . While the proposition is by no substance a sure affair yet , one somebody seems to be celebrating the news already : technical school line of work mogul Elon Musk . But that does n’t have in mind you should be getting too excited just yet .
Danish newspaperDagens Naeringslivreports that several members of the Norwegian parliament put forward the proposal to halt selling all petrol- and diesel - fueled secret cars by 2025 . Along with this plan , the MPs want 75 percentage of new long - space bus and 50 percent of new trucks to be zero - emission vehicles by 2030 .
According toRT , Norwegian Liberal Party MP Ola Elvestuen told the newspaper that the agreement take members from the Progress Party , the Christian Democrats , and the Conservative Party .
Elon Musktweeted : “ What an amazingly awe-inspiring country . You guy sway ! ! ” alongside the front page of the Norwegian newspaper , which study : “ There will only be sales of zero - emission vehicles in 2025 . ”
As the founder and CEO ofTesla Motors , one of the more prominent name in the emerge electric car manufacture , that perhaps does n’t derive as a surprisal . Along with Tesla Motors , Musk is also one of the main nous behindSolarCity , a Silicon - Valley tech ship’s company that develops and installs solar great power system .
< blockquote class=“twitter - tweet " data - lang=“en - gb”>Just get wind that Norway will banish raw sales of fuel cars in 2025 . What an amazingly awesome country . You guys rock ! ! < a href=“https://t.co / uAXuBkDYuR”>pic.twitter.com / uAXuBkDYuR&mdash ; Elon Musk ( @elonmusk ) < a href=“https://twitter.com / elonmusk / status/738805691528318976”>4 December 2024
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Although Elvestuen himself conceded that “ we have not reached an agreement on how to reach the goals , ” many have accused the Danish newspaper publisher of exaggerating the proposal . For one , the conservative political party has reason the call was “ deceptive ” and that the negotiation were not conclusive , The Localreports .
It ’s also worth considering that Norway is one of the world ’s biggest exporter of crude oil colour , selling over1.2 million barrelsevery Clarence Shepard Day Jr. .
Nevertheless , although celebrations of the news may be untimely , Norway still holds the highest number of galvanising machine per capita in the world . In March this year , nearly25 percentof their raw vehicle were jade - in galvanising cars .
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