Norway, the most successful market for electric vehicles

In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of vehicles on roads worldwide. According to more and more studies this growing number of cars will have a significant impact on urban air quality and will also create higher oil dependency for the majority of western countries. Many countries all over the world have already implemented incentives to promote the adoption of electric mobility as one of the key solutions to the problems of oil dependence and air quality. However, none of them has been as successful as Norway. Oslo is the city with the highest number of electric vehicles per inhabitant in the world, and Norway is the only country where a 100% electric car has been one of the top 10 most sold cars in 2012 and in 2013 - the Nissan LEAF. This paper will describe the reasons why the Norwegian market has become the centre of the EV world.