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A carrier pigeon flew in the window in the CleanTechnica newsroom today and alighted near the new teletype machines install just last week that can clatter out text at the astonishing rate of 65 words per minute. Our old teletype machines were only able to print 40 words per minute and have been donated to the Smithsonian, where they are on display next to Julia Child’s television kitchen.
When I extracted the message contained in the capsule attached to the pigeon’s left leg, I found a cryptic note from regular reader Are Hansen suggesting I check out the latest news from Elbil, the official publication of the Norwegian Electric Car Association. When I did, I found this headline: “Two out of three new cars sold in the Nordic region were electric.”
The story is based on a press release by the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) dated May 12, 2026, which said: “In April, around two out of three new passenger cars in the Nordic region were electric. Norway and Denmark are driving up the share of electric cars sharply, with 98.6 and 81.9 percent respectively. But the Nordic market is divided: Denmark saw growth in new car sales, while Norway, Sweden and Finland were below the level from the same month last year.”
