How Norway convinced everyone to go electric
Time: April 9, 2025, 11:30-12:15
Place: Main stage
Keynotes:
- Colin McKerracher: Global EV sales and policy: what to expect in 2025
- Atle Gulbrandsen: Will Formula 1 go electric?
Panel: Outsiders might think everyone in Norway always have been in perfect agreement regarding electric cars. That all politicians have been EV supporters and everyone living in this country are greener than the rest of the world. That is not the case, there has been heavy debates and a lot of resistance here too!
The Norwegian success is indeed due to strong political measures and a fast technological development, but as time has passed people’s views and attitudes has changed as well. How and why is something we will discuss in this panel together with a former Minister of Finance, a race car driver and Formula 1 reporter, as well as the leader of the Norwegian Redneck Association, a man who truly loves big gas guzzlers and definitely is not a big fan of EVs.
- Kristin Halvorsen
- Atle Gulbrandsen
- Kristian Gulheim
Moderator: Christina Bu
Speakers:
Colin manages coverage of the transport and energy storage sectors at BloombergNEF. This includes electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, batteries, shared…
Atle Gulbrandsen is the very definition of a “petrol head.” At the age of 12, he started karting, and he…
Kristian Gulheim has been a devoted fan of American culture for as long as he can remember. You’ll often see…
Kristin Halvorsen (born 1960) is director at CICERO Center for international climate research. Halvorsen is a former politician, was a…
Moderator:
Secretary General of the Norwegian EV Association