The decline in growth is entirely the result of the huge import tax:
> electric car dealers were for a long time spared the jaw-dropping import tax of 180 percent that Denmark applies on vehicles fueled by a traditional combustion engine.
This article is only looking at growth rates, not total sales by cost or by market position, so it wouldn't be a useful comparative metric anyway.
If anything, what it indicates is that they'd sell 10x more cars (both electric/gas) if it wasn't for the tax.
The decline in growth is entirely the result of the huge import tax:
> electric car dealers were for a long time spared the jaw-dropping import tax of 180 percent that Denmark applies on vehicles fueled by a traditional combustion engine.
This article is only looking at growth rates, not total sales by cost or by market position, so it wouldn't be a useful comparative metric anyway.
If anything, what it indicates is that they'd sell 10x more cars (both electric/gas) if it wasn't for the tax.
- 2600 sold in 2015 w/ 0% import tax
- 200 sold in 2016 w/ 180% import tax