Atlantic Europe Atlantic Europe Atlantic Europe is a geographical and anthropological term for the western portion of Europe which borders the Atlantic Ocean. The term may refer to the idea of Atlantic Europe as a cultural unit and/or as an biogeographical region. It comprises the Atlantic Isles (Great Britain and Ireland), Iceland, Belgium, the Netherlands, the central and northern regions of Portugal, northwestern and northern Spain (including Galicia, the Southern Basque Country), the southwestern and western portion of France (Northern Basque Country), western Scandinavia and northern Germany. Weather and overall physical conditions are relatively similar along this area (with the exception of
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%