Almost all new cars sold in Norway last year were fully electric, according to official registration data published Friday. It puts the Nordic country within touching distance of effectively erasing gasoline and diesel cars from its new car market. “2025 has been a very special car year,” Geir Inge Stokke, director of the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council, said in a statement.


Yeah, consumer products are usually easier, although there’s exceptions. Cutting edge semiconductors are the obvious example, but China has also struggled for a long time with the humble ball-point pen and it’s tiny, ink-spreading ball bearing.