Norway is a global leader when it comes to electric vehicles accounting for 79% of new car registrations in 2022. In January 2023, Norway implemented a new tax that scales with the weight of the car. This means the bigger the electric car, the higher the tax. With manufacturers favouring bigger SUV and crossover-style electric cars, should Ireland introduce a tax based on the weight of the EV?
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Read: Electric cars in Ireland: on the road, but some way to go "And remember car buying is very fickle," she said."If you go back ten years even, the best selling car in the country was the Ford Focus hatchback, number two was a [Volkswagen] Golf. So people will buy what they're presented with and it's a matter of the car makers just offering more efficient and smaller and more suitable cars.
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage PreferencesOn the topic of road safety and SUVs, Cauldfied said:"The outcomes of any impacts [in an accident] are much greater [with an SUV].
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences "I think people have reservations about EVs in a way that they wouldn't have had reservations about diesel. It feels like a much bigger change. I also think there's a huge cost factor," said Herbert."The reason Norway has achieved the kind of sales, it isn't by accident. They very generously subsidised electric cars for the last decade, they very heavily penalised petrol and diesel, and they achieved price parity.