South Korean automaker Hyundai is just hours away from selling its latest internal combustion engine units in Norway.
The company’s decision to stop selling hybrid cars also includes; This reflects the extent of Oslo’s success in rolling out all-electric cars, which previously captured most of the market and will fully take over from early 2023, according to the Electric newspaper (electrek).
This trend has been supported by the variety of models offered by the South Korean firm, which has won the trust of the Norwegian market and outperformed other models, according to the specialized energy platform.
Goodbye, cars with internal combustion engines
Today (Saturday, December 31) is the last day for Hyundai to sell internal combustion engine cars and hybrid cars in the UAE. Norway; While the markets of the European country are seeing the launch of electric cars produced by the company – only – for sale, starting from the year (2023).
For years, the South Korean firm has continued to sell hybrid cars after it stopped selling traditional petrol-powered cars in 2020, but from early 2023, its sales will target all-electric cars only.
In turn, the executive director of the company in Norway, Thomas Rosevold, said that the electric models launched by the company have boosted his confidence in preparing for the phase of selling all-electric cars in the Oslo market and disrupting of the sale of internal combustion engines and hybrid cars entirely.
He added that the company’s choice to sell fully electric cars was associated with the certainty of strengthening that to continue its successes that began in Norway some time ago, noting that the company recently launched the “Ioniq 6” model, after the “Ioniq 5 ” and “Kona Electric” have overtaken the most popular market cars. popular.
According to HyundaiThe Ioniq 5 was the fifth best-selling car in Norway in 2022.
Hyundai sales in Norway
During 2022, Hyundai’s hybrid car sales in Norway accounted for 7%, while the company’s electric car sales have exceeded more than 90% in recent years.
Norway represents the first market for the diffusion of fully electric cars – only – for the South Korean company, but despite this it was preceded by the company”VolvoAl-Suwaidiyya announced in early 2022 that it will focus only on sales of all-electric and hybrid cars, starting in 2023.
The same thing happened with Volkswagen, which has decided to sell all-electric cars only in the Norwegian market, starting in 2024.
Unlike Hyundai’s expansions into the Norwegian market, the northern European country has the merit of relying on most of its facilities Electric carAmong these are the Svalbard Post Office facilities.
electrical orientation
Norway was a pioneer in the spread of electric cars, which occupied an important market share in global markets. The number of units of internal combustion engine cars is small compared to other types.
The progress of electric cars in Norway has coincided with the decline in sales of petrol cars and the achievement of the goal of stopping the sale of gas cars before the previously planned date in 2025.
Regarding the distribution of car sales in Norway, the data indicates that 64.5% of sales in the last year (2021) were fully electric, an increase of 10% from the previous year, and it is expected that the percentage will increase at a greater rate as data emerges for the year (2022) on the surface.
Analysts say in their expectations for car sales in Norway in 2022 that electric car sales will exceed 80%, with sales on the order of 10% allocated to hybrid car sales, while traditional car sales who work withbenzene and diesel in a range of 4 to 5 percent.
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