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Battery electric vehicle market share in euro countries in April: —Norway 99% —Denmark 82% —Sweden 41% —Netherlands 37% —Belgium 37% —France 26% —Ireland 22% —Spain 9% thedriven.io/2026/05/05/s...

thedriven.ioSales of electric cars increase across much of Western Europe in AprilMost countries in western Europe are seeing a surge in electric car sales, with local car makers also doing well and Škoda and VW leading the way in several countries.

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With electric Cars, the car-centric city-style will not be funded by petrol companies. (And electrical companies won't replace them)

Courtesy of lots of smart governance: high EV subsidies, high fuel taxes, and a government that has long understood the smartest thing to do with lots of oil is export it, not (ultimately) integrate it into your production processes (eg transportation)

Probably similar to Canada, where it's 80% politics (Doug Ford stupidly cut gas taxes and EV incentives, even though Ontario has tons of nuclear power going nowhere all night long) and 20% charging infrastructure (which is decent in Québec and kinda sucks everywhere else)