Norway sees electric cars outnumber petrol models

Norway may be one of the world's largest exporters of oil, but it now has more electric cars on its roads than petrol-driven vehicles.

Of the 2.8 million private cars registered there, 754,303 are now all-electric, compared with 753,905 that run on petrol, according to the Norwegian Road Federation.

At present, nine out of 10 new cars sold in Norway are electric vehicles. Diesel models remain most numerous at just under one million, but their sales are falling rapidly, says the Norwegian Road...