In a detailed report published in The Times, Jack Ewing, a veteran reporter, circled Norway — where 80 percent of new-car sales last year were electric cars — to assess the benefits and drawbacks of leading the EV charge.
Among the report’s more compelling and tangible findings involves the air. In Oslo, greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by 30 percent in the past four years. The city is even quieter. And activist groups have debunked the theory that climate change involves “grim” sacrifices. As one representative said, “With EVs, it’s not like that. It’s actually something that people embrace.”