Half of all new cars sold in Norway last year are electric or hybrid, as diesel ebbs fast

Electric-car rally in Geiranger, Norway [Image: Norsk elbilforening via Flickr]Norway was one of the earliest nations to set a coherent and broad-based national plan to cut its carbon emissions, and then stick to it. For road transport, it plans to phase out sales of cars with internal-combustion engines by 2025 using a variety of carrots (financial incentives and special privileges) and sticks (very high taxes on...