Why Norway is full of Teslas

Oslo is the Tesla capital of the world.

I spent a day in Oslo before traveling to Svalbard, and noticed that there were Teslas everywhere. Upon further investigation, I learned that the Norwegian government heavily incentivizes ownership of electric cars: Tesla doesn't pay a sales tax on the models it sells, electric car owners are exempt from automobile tolls, and they can charge their vehicles for free. The catch is that Norway funds these initiatives through its sovereign wealth fund, which is almost entirely comprised of profits from Norway's oil and fossil fuel exports.

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[OnTheWhistle]

"Never get high on your own supply."
-Norway

[nirad]

In Serbia we only have one Tesla. That is Nikola Tesla.

[wasimraza]

Norway be like : A drug dealer never consumes 🤣🤣

[torenessa]

00:30
Americans: Wow a Tesla! They're so rare!
Norwegians: Wow a camaro! They're so rare!

[fs]

Norway, the "greenest" country on the planet. All financed by oil revenue...

[rafayekhan]

*Walks into Norway*
Norwegian guy: IT SMELL LIKE BROKE IN HERE

[irenejohannessen]

The irony of Norway is that oil is still an important sector of our economy. My parents are petroleum engineers and they drive Teslas 😂😂😂😂

[fizzylime]

Bruh he just walked through the graveyard Where my granny lies. So weird.

[Qubk]

When you sell your oil to benefit people with electric cars

*Stonks*

[ar-nvuv]

The real simple answer

Norwegians are rich

[fensen]

Reasons :
1. They're rich
2. They're rich
3. 1&2

[enriquedaza]

It is like in GTA 5 when you finally find a special car and then you find them everywhere.

[sonic]

When he said "look at the tesla" while he pans the camera at the Tesla the first thing i only saw and got my attention was the yellow camaro 😆

[das_yuwan]

Sells oil*
Uses electric cars*

Ironic good

[The_Horizon]

the free electricity made my jaw drop, literally.

[halicusnguyen]

Plot Twist: Norway is just a bunch of actors that Elon Musk paid to sponsor his cars

[paulfoss]

No. The reason they have so many teslas is that electric cars are quieter and are less likely to wake the bridge trolls.

[KrissRacing]

0:36 Love how the Camaro comes along and ruins the scene where he's trying to show us the cool tesla going up the street by making it appear like the tesla is making all that noise

[TheEnde]

In Norway there is this island called Finnøy located in Stavanger. This island is the place in the world with the highest amount of electric cars per citizen. The reason being to get to the island, you need to drive through an underwater tunnel. In the end of the tunnel there is a toll station which is super expensive (about 15$). But with an electric car, you don't need to pay this fee. Therefore almost everyone who lives on this island has sold their car for an electric car.