Summary
Norway is on track to become the first country to eliminate gasoline and diesel cars from new car sales, with EVs making up over 96% of recent purchases.
Decades of incentives, including tax breaks and infrastructure investments, have driven this shift.
Officials see EV adoption as a “new normal” and aim for electric city buses by 2025.
While other countries lag behind, Norway’s success demonstrates the potential for widespread EV adoption.
About 20% less efficient, so still 60% more than ICE.
While there is no hard rules involved with the word “slightly” when used to describe a change in percentage it is generally used for changes of 5% or less.
Yes this is getting pedantic about the English language but a 20% change would be more accurately referred to as a “moderate” change.
And you are absolutely correct ICE engines are always less thermally efficient than EVs. Your average standard gasoline engine these days is somewhere in the ballpark of ~25% efficient. Some of the more efficient diesel ICEs are up to 50% efficient these days. EVs tend to be around ~90% thermally efficient.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667141723001088#%3A~%3Atext=Typically%2C+most+Li-ion+battery%2C]%2C+[21]].
Also it’s not a 20% loss at 0°C. It’s closer to 50%. Which would be most accurately described as a “significant” loss of efficiency.
https://ev.aaa.com/articles/are-electric-cars-good-in-winter/#%3A~%3Atext=How+much+of+a%2Ccar's+heating+system+is+on.
Even AAA did research that shows it’s anywhere from 10% loss in range to 40% loss as you get colder and colder.
Batteries don’t stay at 0C very long… Because you heat them up. It’s a known and solved problem.