Dream vacation or disaster trip? Driving an electric car to Norway 🚘

Опубликовано: 20 Март 2026
на канале: Prof. Dr. Volker Quaschning
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Driving 4,000 km to Norway via Denmark and Sweden for your summer vacation in an electric car: Is that even possible? How does the charging infrastructure work? What is the fire risk of electric cars, and are they even allowed on ferries? How can ferries become climate-neutral? Is a dream trip and luxury vacation much cheaper than flying or taking a cruise? And what is the actual carbon footprint of a Norwegian cruise? Will cruise ships soon be banned from the Geirangerfjord? How do they heat their homes in Norway, and why is there really a ban on combustion engine cars there by 2025? And did you know how much worse the carbon footprint of a vacation flight is compared to traveling by electric car, and how much more expensive a combustion engine car is for the journey?

You'll find the answers to these questions and much more in the video.

By the way: You can find my opinion on Elon Musk and Tesla in the following video:

   • Tesla ohne Elon Musk?  

Links and Sources:

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https://www.spiegel.de/auto/elektroau...

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https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen...
https: //www.scandlines.de/uber-uns/unsere-grune-agenda/eine-flotte-von-hybridfahren/

https://www.scandlines.de/uber-uns/un...

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/eur...

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Chapters

0:00 Welcome

0:36 Driving to Norway with an electric car

1:19 How environmentally friendly are electric cars?

3:21 The journey begins: Taking the electric car onto the ferry.

8:00 Arrived in Denmark: Charging abroad.

10:20 From Oslo further north: Idyllic scenery and cruise ships.

14:08 Norway outside the city: Charging without a Tesla – even for the ferry.

16:13 What we can learn from Norway.

19:13 The final verdict: Is an electric car worth it?

20:49 The carbon footprint of the trip

22:55 Carbon footprint of cruises and flights

24:20 Toyota vs. Tesla