Here in the catacombs sit scores of Teslas, Nissan Leafs and BMW i3s, plugged into the charging points of the world’s largest public garage for electric cars. Norway is the undisputed world leader on electric cars, run almost exclusively off the nation’s copious hydropower resource. Norway’s lead on electric cars has been driven by the government backing them with a wide range of generous incentives and perks, as a way of meeting its climate change ambitions. How green are electric cars? Per Espen Stoknes, an MP for the Green Party and an electric car owner, said: “I think that’s a misperception.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2017 14:37 UTC