Norway just decided to ditch the heavily criticized “Tesla-tax”

Norway, considered an electric vehicle pioneer, has been mulling a new tax on the emission-free vehicles.

Since the government's proposed one-off fee is based on the vehicle's weight, it's quickly started being called the "Tesla tax."

This refers to the fact that Tesla's relatively heavy cars are the only vehicles qualifying in the highest class, which would lead to a $8,800 (70,000 Norwegian krone) one-off fee, according to NRK and other Norwegian media.

The motivation behind the fee was that heavy electric vehicles take a toll on the roads.

The proposal has faced heavy criticism, and now the Norwegian government has decided to ditch the proposal - having failed to garner enought support from the supporting political parties in parliament, reports SvD Näringsliv.

The proposal got fierce resistance from environmental movement Bellona and the Norwegian EV association (Norsk elbilforening), who said it arrives just when zero-emission vehicles are becoming the new normal in Norway.

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