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Robbie M. Andrew

H-index: 65
Environmental science 43%
Economics 15%
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Yes, obviously this is old tech and shouldn't be difficult. The point here is that even when people argue that it's the most reliable generation source, you can get these problems.
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Nå at jeg leser den jeg skrev på den siden igjen, er jeg ikke sikker på at det er så tydelig forklart. Si meg om du fortstår. Poenget er forskjellen mellom rapporterte utslipp og faktiske utslipp.
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Interesting. In Norway we have estimates of how far cars of different fuel types travel. And they show a different story. People certainly do drive their EVs here.
robbieandrew.github.io/EV/
Graph showing: Average distance travelled per passenger car in Norway
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I read somewhere that they have business (rental) sales a couple of times a year, while private sales are more spread out. There are also weird spikey effects in both the UK and Ireland, but those are about new models/licence plates.
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Enklere sagt: Utslipp var i 2024 >2Mt lavere enn de hadde vært uten elbiler, ladbare hybrider, og biodrivstoff.
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Jeg sammenligner med det som hadde vært uten disse tre faktorene. Det er altså kumulativ: ikke >2 Mt ekstra reduksjon i 2024 i forhold til 2023, men heller >2Mt reduksjon sammenlignet med "hvis ingen av disse fakorene hadde skjedd".
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Because the emissions numbers also include other factors, not just electrification of the fleet.
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Yes. Some countries do actually publish stock (fleet) data as well, which could make the comparison more direct.
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But it depends on how you rank. Singapore actually has a higher share of BEVs in 2025 so far (42%) than Iceland (35%). By "BEV share" ranking is based on the last three months.
Graph showing: Singaporean new passenger car sales by type: Monthly
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Here are the top three countries in Europe (and in the world, as far as I have data) for sales of battery-electric cars (sorted by "BEV share"):
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
Screenshot of https://robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/ showing the top three: Norway, Denmark, Iceland.
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Hva betyr egentlig "lenke i kommentarfeltet" her? Hvor skal lenken ligge?
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No, these are just emissions within Norway's territory.
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We need good estimates of global emissions. I do a lot of work to improve them.
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The Chinese company that was to supply the buses to the Oslo bus company was CRRC, who stated categorically that there was no forced labour in their supply chain. But, in combination with security concerns, the bus company was asked - after having won the bid - to change to a different manufacturer.
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Denmark is currently second behind Norway in EV share of new car sales. But their car emissions data look very different: what is probably a 2020 work-from-home drop, and no decline to speak of since then. It will be interesting to track in the coming years.
Graph showing: Emissions from road transport: Denmark
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In 2024, 6% of the total distance travelled by small goods vehicles was in BEVs. But in 2023 (last year of that graph) it was only 4%. It should start to ramp up. So far this year, 41% of newly registarted light trucks were BEV.
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I think the problem with the Oslo buses is simply that they only have rear-wheel drive. The Chinese models that were passed over also had drive on the front section of the articulated bus.
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IIRC, Oslo decided not to buy Chinese buses, and instead went with European models, which were inferior, particularly for winter traction. In retrospect, they should have just taken more time over things.

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