How '80s band A-ha inspired .no EV revolution +

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-63375504
How pop band A-ha inspired Norway's electric car revolution
2022/11/02 ... Back in the 1980s, two leading lights ... were pushing for electric vehicle (EV) technology ... then they recruited the country's biggest pop group ... A-ha were one of the most popular bands in the world ... the campaigners and the group went to Bern in Switzerland to attend the Tour de Sol exhibition in 1989 ... they saw a Fiat Panda which had been converted from petrol to electricity. They imported a similar car into Norway and used the first modern-day EV on the country's roads to launch a campaign of civil disobedience, making a point about how it needed to embrace an alternative to polluting fossil fuel vehicles. They racked up fines as they drove the car through toll booths, parked illegally and refused to pay vehicle taxes, arguing that this new form of sustainable transport should be free of these levies in order to make it more attractive. A-ha's lead singer Morten Harket told BBC Disclosure: "It was what we needed to do. And it just made every sense ..." ...
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vw brands are un-twitting themselves

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/volkswagen-taking-break-twitter-taking-233000785.html
Volkswagen Is Taking a Break From Twitter, And Is Taking Its Brands With It
2022/11/04 ... Volkswagen is encouraging its brands to pause paid advertisements on Twitter, just as the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, takes the reins of the social media platform. Volkswagen is one of the biggest automakers in the world — if not the biggest — so the loss is a notable hit to the platform, even if it’s only temporary. Now that VW is pausing ads on Twitter, it’s recommending that the carmakers or brands it oversees (more to the point, those it owns) also pause their paid advertising ...




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