There is a lot more detail if anyone wants to dive in, i hit wavetops. It is just different. e.g. you can drive your EV on good roads, past many charging stations making it quick and easy, or jump on a train or bus or bike/hike/ski path safely to the sporting goods store and pick up a suppressor or two for your magnum caliber precision rifle...try that in the US. EV is a great fit for Norway because of exceptional hydro power generation capacity coupled with their petroleum industry-derived sovereign wealth funds and higher taxes = infrastructure....try that in the US. They are also a small country bordering Russia. Better or not is subjective.
In the US, particularly in cold regions lacking infrastructure, EV's are great for those with the passion but simply have too many limitations for me even if there was a super simple affordable EV truck, think 79-series LC with a 200hp equiv electric motor. [Does anyone build an EV with manual roll-up windows and door locks?]. I looked at F150 EV and not impressed. I cannot logically/cerebrally or physically connect a clean energy source with an EV in the Northern Rockies. I cannot confidently drive my kids to a ski race or other sport 300-400 miles away as I routinely do in bad winter weather where I actually wouldn't mind seeing more gas stations to be honest. Breakdowns would be more than inconvenience.
Norwegians have a realistic view on how to use their gas & oil profitably to improve Norway for Norwegians and also how to pay taxes and actually see a lot of results coming from their oil & gas and the high taxes they pay, a realistic EV charging infrastructure and robust rail network being only a couple of examples. They also all largely serve their country for a couple of years in the military or doing other essential civic duty. It's just different. They pay a lot of different kinds of taxes, flat base income tax rate of ~20% IIRC and everyone except the abject poor pay taxes (and for those folks, they provide help)....and they are basically banning new ICE vehicles from being sold starting in 2025. I should highlight that they tax their residents in the coldest and northernmost counties at lower rates due to various hardships and privations that come with living in rural, cold areas. Again, tough to compare to the way we dither in the US.
