Photo: AFP/Pierre-Henry Deshayes
Most governments are rooting for electric vehicles to gain on the market and spare us a death by pollution; they offer incentives to customers that want to purchase one along with other tax exemptions and benefits. However, overdo it or not plan ahead and it might turn against you, like it happens now in Norway.
Buying an electric car in Norway makes it the best deal ever - you get to skip paying the urban and parking tolls as well as get free recharging at the numerous points scattered around. And no, you don’t get to pay sales taxes and VAT.
This led to over 32,000 electric cars driving around the cities of Norway. It might sound nice from the green perspective, but there is another thing EVs are taking advantage from and they seem to create some troubles - bus lanes.
Yep, as with other countries, Norway allows for electric vehicles to drive on bus lanes. Normally, it wouldn’t be such a big deal, but during rush hour, they tend to clog up those lanes and disturb public transportation.
Bus drivers are now complaining about the EV clog-up and they want them out of the way at least during rush hours. They say that delays in their time schedule have a cost for society and that “time lost by thousands of our passengers in traffic is far greater than that gained by a few dozen electric car drivers.”
Other than that, the problem might turn bus passengers to buy such vehicles only to profit on the situation, thus making the problem even worse.
No measures have been taken so far, but the authorities look like they’ll have to ban EVs from bus lanes. At least, that seems normal from the bus passenger point of view that chose not to drive a car from the beginning.
This led to over 32,000 electric cars driving around the cities of Norway. It might sound nice from the green perspective, but there is another thing EVs are taking advantage from and they seem to create some troubles - bus lanes.
Yep, as with other countries, Norway allows for electric vehicles to drive on bus lanes. Normally, it wouldn’t be such a big deal, but during rush hour, they tend to clog up those lanes and disturb public transportation.
Bus drivers are now complaining about the EV clog-up and they want them out of the way at least during rush hours. They say that delays in their time schedule have a cost for society and that “time lost by thousands of our passengers in traffic is far greater than that gained by a few dozen electric car drivers.”
Other than that, the problem might turn bus passengers to buy such vehicles only to profit on the situation, thus making the problem even worse.
No measures have been taken so far, but the authorities look like they’ll have to ban EVs from bus lanes. At least, that seems normal from the bus passenger point of view that chose not to drive a car from the beginning.
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