No they are not.

I can still go and buy an ICE car today in Norway if I wanted to. Nobody wants to because after all the incentives to buy EVs, everyone now knows they are superior. I myself would not have bought an EV in 2017 were in not for the benefit of them being able to use bus lanes on the freeway. Even though I don't get that benefit I would never go back to an ICE car.

As a resident of Norway, allow me to educate you.

Cars have always been heavily taxed in Norway and yet people bought them before EVs. The current tax on ICE cars is broadly equivalent to what it has always been and has not been introduced to encourage EV purchase. A reduction in the tax was an EV incentive for a long time though.

Nearly all financial incentives for EVs were removed in 2022 so tolls, vehicle tax, parking etc are the same as for ICE. There is still a sliding scale of purchase tax incentives depending on the cost/weight of your car.

People "bundled up in cities" actually encourages greater distance travelling and in Norway, mountains are often involved. People in Norway regularly drive beyond the range of EVs to visit friends or their cabins in the mountains. Norwegians are very into nature are are always travelling into the wilds.

Norway has an enormous border with Sweden and a small one with Russia. People regularly drive into Sweden for shopping and from there to Denmark, Germany and through Europe.

Norway is 1400 miles long in a straight line though many routes are coastal and not straight. When people consider travelling they tend to consider distance not area. Low population, mountainous and covered in forests is a challenge for charging infrastructure not a help. In Norway you will be able to charge EV up the mountains or in the forests no problem.. I have done it MANY times myself.

The rest of the world would benefit. It's just you guys then.

It wouldn't make a financial mark on Musk at all if X went down but it would turn off his megaphone.

EVs are only near silent when going very slowly. Any speed at all and tire noise gives plenty of warning.

Manual is really tedious in a traffic jam.

Maybe if you tried it you'd have better appreciation of its benefits.

The point, if you were reading the thread, is that people do drive long journeys in Norway. It is not uncommon to drive from the south of Norway to the north. I have done it myself. Not the "extreme" north but far enough for it to be an overnight journey. I have done a journey of over 6000km in an EV that wasn't especially taxing.

Brake dust is far less in an EV as you rarely use the brakes. So much so that rusted brake disks are more of an issue for EV drivers which is why drum brakes are making a comeback in some EVs.

There has never been any evidence that tire wear is greater in an EV either as tires are made to suit the vehicle. Why would a heavy ICE car produce less tire wear than an EV of the same weight?

15 minutes is the average time a person spends at a gas station. The way to travel fast with an EV on long trips is more short stops and don't charge much above 60% full. Over a nine hour drive a modern EV will take you about 10-45 minutes longer than an ice if you don't stop for actual breaks. If you do, it's about the same.

A journey from the south of Norway to the north is over 2,300km. Most long journeys require driving over mountains.

Average time spent in a gas station 15 minutes. Time to charge KIA EV6 from 10% to 80% 18 minutes . 200km range added to an Xpeng G9, 10minutes. Average time for a NIO battery swap 7 minutes. Charging time isn't really an issue any more.

Thank you. Every day an education.

Sometimes it is wise to remind ourselves of mistakes we have made so we can try and avoid them again.

So the one benefit you find is that Parliament in the UK can now make all the laws itself. That's it.

All laws were also made in Parliament when we in the EU. The EU could tell us we were breaking an EU law if they didn't like a law we made but guess what, WE WERE A LEADING MEMBER OF THE EU AND THEREFORE MAKING THOSE RULES OURSLEVES. It it true that fully 2% of the laws over forty years that the EU adopted were not supported by the UK government at the time. Can you name any of them? Do you care?