{"id":173243,"date":"2021-02-08T14:32:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T11:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/norway-responds-to-gm-and-will-ferrells-ev-challenge-with-mackerel-slapping\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T14:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T11:32:48","slug":"norway-responds-to-gm-and-will-ferrells-ev-challenge-with-mackerel-slapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/norway-responds-to-gm-and-will-ferrells-ev-challenge-with-mackerel-slapping\/","title":{"rendered":"#Norway responds to GM and Will Ferrell\u2019s EV challenge\u2026 with mackerel-slapping?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Norway responds to GM and Will Ferrell\u2019s EV challenge\u2026 with mackerel-slapp<\/a>ing?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Nothing gets the Yanks riled up quite like when another country is doing something better than they are.<\/p>\n

General<\/a> Motors played into that trope with its latest commercial by showing of how much better Norway is at doing EVs than the US is.<\/p>\n

It comes across more as a call to arms for the US to take the electric vehicle fight to Norway, but really, it\u2019s just a cleverly disguised advert showing off key GM EVs, that are still some years away from sale.<\/p>\n

It also had Will Ferrell in it, people seemed pretty pumped about that. Of course, it was a hoot and a half, it\u2019s just Ferrell being Ferrell, doing Ferrell things. It\u2019s clever, and it\u2019s fun. If you haven\u2019t seen it check it out below:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yCy-a_E2I3s<\/a>
Okay, Will Ferrell is funny, but what\u2019s the actual context?<\/span> Well, Norway now sells more electric vehicles than it does combustion engine equivalents. Think about that, more than 50% of new vehicles sold are electric. In the US that figure is still under 5%<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a rare occurrence, but in this instance, the US is very much the underdog in the fight. Even though GM does a good job of making it seem otherwise, the American car giant doesn\u2019t just have an ocean to cross to beat Norway, it\u2019s got to climb from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the top of Mt. Everest if it\u2019s to catch up with Norway.<\/p>\n

For exactly that reason, Norway isn\u2019t bothered in the slightest, but it does seem bemused and entertained by Ferrell\u2019s challenge. It\u2019s welcoming the competition, and sending its own messages back to the US, shrugging off and welcoming America\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n

Norwegian university, Universitetet i Agder, made an \u201capology,\u201d in an attempt to repair Norwegian-American relations. It also made a series<\/a> of other humble brags about other cool stuff Norway has that the US doesn\u2019t like healthcare, a year-long paid maternity leave, and free education. They had<\/em> to get political didn\u2019t they.<\/p>\n

Check out the university\u2019s rebuttal below.
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