The model country for e-mobility reports a new record: In Norway, 94.3 percent of newly registered cars in August were battery-electric cars, the transport authority (States vegvesen) announced. This means that the Scandinavian country is the undisputed leader in the world.
The big tax breaks on electric models make the electric increase possible. The price for combustion engines, however, has been artificially increased.
The country is indeed pursuing an ambitious goal. Oil-rich Norway would only allow new zero-emission cars as early as 2025 – ten years before the EU wants to reach this mark. In particular, 10,480 new BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles) were newly registered in August. At the top is Tesla’s Model Y, which has a market share of 18.8 percent. The Hyundai Kona and the Nissan Leaf are also top sellers.
Inventory: 23.9 percent electricity
And yet – as in Austria – the total number of vehicles cannot be ignored. The combustion engines are still in control for a long time. At the end of 2023, Norwegian registration statistics showed 2,886,795 registered private cars. That’s 1.1 percent less than a year ago. At the same time, the authority counted 689,169 registered electric cars. That is a share of 23.87 percent.
Indeed: The growth rates of electric models are enormous. Between 2018 and 2023 alone, electric vehicles in the energy-rich country increased by 252.8 percent, of which 15 percent increased from 2022 to 2023. But it will still be a while before Norway is completely electric.
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Carsten Hebestreit
Motor editor
Carsten Hebestreit
