- In another achievement from Norway’s mass adoption of electric vehicles, the country hit the highest EV market share seen yet, for passenger cars registered last month.
- Throughout September, electric cars accounted for 96.4% of new car sales, up from 94% in August, and 91.9% in July.
- The figure is promising, in order for Norway to achieve its target of 100% zero-emission car sales from the start of next year.
Another record for Norway EV adoption
Looking at the figures, published by the Norwegian Road Federation, 12,495 fully-electric cars were sold in the month. This compares to just 48 pure petrol cars, and 135 pure diesel cars. Plug-in hybrids also accounted for only a small 146 units. The news comes just weeks after Norway hit another major EV milestone. As of last month, there are now more EVs registered on the nation’s roads than pure petrol-powered cars.
Much like previous months, Tesla was the best selling manufacturer of the month, accounting for 4,210 units – or 32.5% of the cars sold in the month. This was significantly aided by the Model Y, continuously a best seller in Norway, with it also recently became the best selling EV of all time in the country, overtaking one of the first mass-produced EVs, the Nissan Leaf.
Whilst the future is looking bright for Norway’s passenger EV market, there is still work to be done when it comes to commercial EVs. Around 70% of vans sold so far this year were diesel, with only 28.8% being electric.
Øyvind Solberg Thorsen, Director of the Norwegian Road Federation, added:
“Norwegian companies focus on renewing their vans, but 7 out of 10 choose diesel vans. The authorities can hardly get a clearer signal that incentives and support schemes for the purchase of electric vans are crucial to increasing the share.”
