Hill Country homes and "Early Texas Architecture" (2000) by Gordon Echols are both excellent reference material. Hill Country homes The term, "Hill Country homes", refers to an architectural style of housing found in the part of central Texas, known as the Texas Hill Country. In the early history of the Republic of Texas, before Texas joined the United States, a land rush began in the middle of the 19th century. This land rush to central Texas included many immigrants from Germany. They created settlements with names like Fredricksburg, Bergheim, Boerne, Gruene, New Braunfels, and many others. These early German immigrants to Texas made
Plug-in electric vehicles in Europe electric vehicles registered was achieved in April 2016. , the stock of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles registered in Norway totaled more than 200,000 units, including used imports, making Norway the European country with the largest stock of plug-in cars and vans, and the fourth largest in the world. Norway was the top selling plug-in country market in Europe in 2016, surpassing the Netherlands, Europe’s top market in 2015. Registrations achieved a market share of 29.1% of all new passenger cars registered in 2016. Again in 2017, Norway was Europe's top selling plug-in country. The segment market share rose to 39.2%