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Norway on track to be first to go all-electric

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Electric cars account for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in Norway last year .

The Nordic nation of 5.5 million people has adopted EVs faster than any other country.

Norway aims for all new cars sold to be " zero emission" starting at some point in 2025 .

By contrast, the European Union plans to ban sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035 .

Tesla, VW and Toyota , were Norway 's top-selling EV brands last year .

Chinese -owned marques - such as MG , BYD , Polestar and XPeng - now make up a combined 10% of the market.

Norway , unlike the US and EU , has not imposed tariffs on Chinese EV imports.

The county has an abundance of renewable hydro electricity, which accounts for 88% of its production capacity.