Electric ​cars ​go ​mainstream as ​adoption ​surges ​across ​rich and ​developing ​nations

Last year, almost every new car sold in Norway, the nature-loving country flush with oil wealth, was fully electric. In prosperous Denmark, which was all-in on petrol and diesel cars until just before Covid, sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) reached a share of 68%. In California, the share of zero-emissions vehicles hit 20%. And at least every third new car now bought by the Dutch, Finns, Belgians and Swedes burns no fuel…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/29/electric-cars-go-mainstream-as-adoption-surges-across-rich-and-developing-nations