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Almost all new cars in this country are electric. The reason? Money

Almost all new cars in this country are electric. The reason? Money

Norway is very close to having 100 per cent zero-emission new car sales in 2025. Here’s how a freezing country beat range anxiety.

Nearly all new car sales in Norway are electric. That’s true even in Finnmark, the northernmost region in Europe’s northernmost country.  

Just a few years ago, almost no one drove electric vehicles in Finnmark, Norway. In this remote region north of the Arctic Circle – where reindeer outnumber people, avalanches can bury roads in winter and sunlight disappears for weeks – “range anxiety” takes on a new meaning.

Today, however, nearly all new car sales in Norway are electric. That’s true even in Finnmark, the northernmost region in Europe’s northernmost country.

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