Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Tax

Makes me wonder, if some day electric cars rule over the Indian car market what will happen to all the tax revenue from petrol and diesel?

When it comes to sales of electric cars, Norway is in a league of its own. In September, battery-powered electric vehicles accounted for 77.5 percent of all new cars sold. That figure makes Norway a world leader by a long way—leapfrogging over the UK, where 15 percent of new car sales were electric as of October, and the US, where that number is just 2.6 percent.

Norway’s electric dream has been credited to a series of tax breaks and other financial carrots that mean brands like Tesla can compete on price with combustion engines. But these incentives—and their success—have created a unique predicament: Norway is running out of dirty cars to tax.

Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Tax