{"id":252988,"date":"2024-06-23T00:13:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T00:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/petrol-sales-in-norway-drop-8-year-over-year\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T00:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T00:13:48","slug":"petrol-sales-in-norway-drop-8-year-over-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/petrol-sales-in-norway-drop-8-year-over-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol Sales In Norway Drop 8% Year Over Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Electric vehicle sales have been growing strong over the past decade, and especially over the past four years or so. One thing that some people have pointed out, though, is that growing EV sales is one thing, actually reducing use of petrol (gasoline and diesel)\u00a0and cutting carbon emissions. Even if you have 100% EV sales a year, it takes time for older petrol-powered cars to get off the road and stop polluting.<\/p>\n<p>Norway has been, far and away, the leader in terms of EV market share, with even 90%+ of sales being plugin sales in recent years. The majority of vehicles on its roads, though, are still fossil-powered polluters. It just takes time for cars to be retired from the road.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why some recent news shared by <em>CleanTechnica<\/em> reader trackdaze really caught my attention. He commented&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2024\/06\/22\/petrol-sales-in-norway-drop-8-year-over-year\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Electric vehicle sales have been growing strong over the past decade, and especially over the past four years or so. 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