Volkswagen plans to sell only electric cars in three years. But only in one market

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• Next year, Volkswagen’s electric cars should account for 90 percent of the brand’s sales in Norway

• This would be followed by Audi, which is celebrating similar success with the e-tron in a specific Norwegian market

• Norway wants to ban new cars with internal combustion engines as early as 2025. Extreme taxation will help

While only 1404 new electric cars have been sold in the Czech Republic since the beginning of the year, the situation in Norway is different. The local government is coming electromobile future quickly opposite. As early as 2025, it wants to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines. The main help to this is high taxes on the purchase of a new car, which are forgiven to the socket for car owners.

This is one of the reasons why the Norwegian market is somewhat special by European standards. For example, last month Volkswagen reported that 61.5 percent of its sales were pure electric cars. In 2019 as a whole, plug-in models accounted for 42.4 percent of sales. But development should now accelerate. Next year, VW wants to have 90 percent of electric cars, with a full 100 percent in three years. In 2023, Volkswagen will no longer sell a single car with an internal combustion engine in Norway.

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Volkswagen is not the only carmaker in this Nordic country whose electric cars make up a significant part of sales. We wrote in Julythat of Norwegian Audi sales accounted for 92 percent luxury SUV e-tron. The same model accounted for 93 percent of sales in Iceland. Interestingly, the Germans managed to push out Tesla, whose numbers have dropped to a minimum. Norway used to be considered one of the most important markets for the California carmaker.

The Germans are confident now. When they sent an electric market to the Norwegian market last month Volkswagen ID.3, immediately surpassed in sales not only Tesla Model 3, but also Swedish Polestar 2. “Next year, our customers will have access to more cars from various categories,” said Harald A. Moeler, who is in charge of Volkswagen sales in Norway. Norway will undoubtedly help the group significantly with the sale of its electric cars.