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President biden has called to advanceit advance it swiftly so you can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially even days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted tied to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with a us mexico border. In that particular vote failed. They needed to two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. And actually voted in favour. We know that republican Congress Woman Marjorie Greene has
That report for you at the moment, which is unfortunate because it is really interesting. Hopefully we can bring you the news from will grant a little later in this programme. But now, we have talked about tesla. Cutting its prices. Is the boom time over for electric vehicles . Rising Electricity Costs and an end to generous Government Subsidies in some countries have made Running Evs more expensive than driving Petrol Or Diesel and thats dampened recent sales. 0ne Country bucking the trend is norway 9 out of 10 cars sold there this year have been electric. My Colleague Aaron Heslehurst has been speaking to the State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry Of Transport who explained why many are plugging in. I think that the reason for this is that we introduced the broad package of incentives, and of course you need a good economic, national economics to do that. But we agreed upon the
As generous government subsidies end and electricity prices surge, sales of evs are slowing around the world. so what can governments and carmakers do to recharge consumers interest? i m going to be discussing all of that with these three. there they are, the boss of the organisation working to make charging evs easier. a global ev battery expert and the state secretary for the norwegian ministry of transport, who explains just how norway has become a super player in the electric vehicle market. also on the show, one carmaker showing no signs of a lack of confidence in evs. the boss of general motors europe explains why it s committed to an all electric range. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. well, as i said, love them or hate them, or even if you re simply not sure, but one day we re all going to be plugging in, switching on and driving electric vehicles. that s the plan. it s part of a strategy
But that s a huge slow down since last year. so while china may still sell the most evs per capita, the undisputed leader in sales, it s norway. nine out of ten cars sold in that country have a plug rather than a fuel cap, with the number of evs on its roads tipped to overtake petrol cars by the end of next year. it would be the first country to achieve this. so the question has to be asked, how has norway done it? well, to find out, i caught up with the state secretary of the norwegian ministry of transport. cecilie knibe kroglund, a real pleasure having you with us. cecilie, let s start with norway s incredible success in leading the way in getting people into evs. and that success is based on, well, incentives for drivers that have been afforded, ironically, by your country s oil and gas wealth. so, cecilie, is it fair to say that it s fossil fuel profits that s given norway this leading edge