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Mon, 2019-04-01 09:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux
Zunum Aero plans a range of aircraft, including a 100-seat airliner by around 2020 (Credit: Zunum Aero)
bbc.com - by Stephen Dowling - August 22, 2018
. . . Battery-powered aircraft have made the leap from fantasy to drawing board to production. But it’s just the start . . .
. . . By 2040, Norway intends all short-haul flights leaving its airports to be on aircraft powered by electricity.
It’s one of the most far-reaching promises yet to cut down on aviation’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.
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Tesla: lifts Norway's electric car sales to record market share
reuters.com - by Lefteris Karagiannopoulos, Terje Solsvik - April 1, 2019
Almost 60 percent of all new cars sold in Norway in March were fully electric, the Norwegian Road Federation (NRF) said on Monday, a global record as the country seeks to end fossil-fueled vehicles sales by 2025.
Exempting battery engines from taxes imposed on diesel and petrol cars has upended Norway’s auto market, elevating brands like Tesla and Nissan, with its Leaf model, while hurting sales of Toyota, Daimler and others.
In 2018, Norway’s fully electric car sales rose to a record 31.2 percent market share from 20.8 percent in 2017, far ahead of any other nation, and buyers had to wait as producers struggled to keep up with demand.
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Norway's first electric plane crash-lands on lake
reuters.com - Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Terje Solsvik and Frances Kerry - August 14, 2019
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway’s first battery-powered aircraft crash-landed on a lake on Wednesday, in a setback for the country’s aviation strategy, although police said the pilot and passenger both escaped unhurt . . .
. . . The two-seater plane was piloted by Avinor Chief Executive Dag Falk-Petersen, who had invited a string of high-profile passengers to showcase the opportunities of electrification.
. . . The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
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