The land of the midnight sun is seeing an admirable upsurge in electric cars on its streets. Some 30 percent of all new cars sport plug-in cables rather than gasoline tanks, compared with 2 percent across Europe overall and 1-2 percent in the US. This follows Norway’s pledge to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 40 percent by 2030.
Norway is embracing an upswing in electric cars with the government’s help
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