Autopass

Autopass (stylized autoPASS) is an electronic toll collection system used in Norway. It allows collecting road tolls automatically from cars. It uses electronic radio transmitters and receivers operating at 5.8 GHz (MD5885) originally supplied by the Norwegian companies Q-Free and Fenrits. Since 2013 Kapsch and Norbit supplied the transponders. In 2016 the Norwegian Public Roads Administration revealed that they had chosen Norbit and Q-Free as suppliers of Autopass-transponders the next four years.

This article is about the electronic toll collection system in Norway. For the stored-value smart card in Singapore, see Autopass Card.

From 2022, contracts with vehicle owners are made with private competing companies. Autopass as a national company only handles the technology. A contract gives in general 20 % discount for light weight vehicles. Contracts and tags are compulsory for heavy vehicles. Foreign registered vehicles without a contract are handled by the EPASS24 company which will track the owner and bill them. Owners are advised to register their vehicle with EPASS24 and pay, in order to avoid extra cost. This includes foreign borrowed or rented vehicles. Customers having Norwegian rental vehicles can't make their own contract with any AutoPASS provider, but have to wait for the rental company to get the toll bill and charge the customer afterwards. For rental cars, tolls will include VAT, while tolls normally are VAT free, because legally only the owner is responsible for tolls, and charging the rental customer is legally seen as extra rental fee.

The toll rings are in general from 2022 using the "hour rule" meaning that only one passage per hour is charged for, if the owner has a contract. Especially in Oslo and Tromsø with multiple or odd shaped ring borders, driving without a contract can make multiple times the cost compared to having a contract. Electric vehicles have a large discount, usually half price as well as the general 20 % discount contract, but only if having a contract.

AutoPASS has in 2022 left the EasyGo partnership, so the AutoPASS tag are no longer valid in Denmark and Sweden, unless the contract provider has such a validity.

In 2019 more and more ferry crossings are also using Autopass as a payment option through the "AutoPass for ferry" concept. A few crossings are automatic, but most are still manual. If you have a tag you pay only for the vehicle at fully automatic crossings with a 10% discount. If you apply for an Autopass ferry account, which is prepaid, you get a 50%(40% corporate) discount for vehicle, and 17% for passengers at manual payment crossings. See https://www.autopassferje.no for more information.

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