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Norway is installing electric car pumps across the country

Norway has been making a big push to go green over the last decade, and recently they made another huge jump for themselves. They are installing over 400 electric recharging stations all over the country, so you can take your hybrid car everywhere you need to go, even long distance trips.

They work much like a gas pump with a few big differences. First and most obvious, they don't pump gas, but electricity into your car battery. Second and most important, they're free for anybody to use.

They first started putting these pumps right next to freeway entrances and exits, but now they're installing them on the side of their highways so you're never too far from recharging your car. Not only is it easy to install new units almost anywhere they want, it's also extremely cost effective. Each unit is estimated at $35 dollars to build and install. That's less than the cost of one take of gas for one car, in exchange for a unit that will give energy to hundreds of thousands of cars.

Not only are they totally free to use, you get to park for free while your car is recharging. With all these perks, it's (hopefully) only a matter of time until everybody is driving a nice electric car that costs nothing to fuel.


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