While sales of electric cars in Denmark have completely stagnated after the country's government implemented new tariffs on green vehicles last year, things are developing quite differently in fellow Scandinavian country Norway.
New data from Norway's Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) shows that electric cars made up 17.6 percent of the new car sales in Norway during January 2017, while hybrid cars constituted 33.8 percent. As such, for the first time in Norway's history, the majority of cars sold run either partially or completely on electricity. All in all, the stake amounts to 51.4 percent, reports news agency AFP.
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