Sales of 12,495 new electric vehicles in September means that the record market share of 94.3% from August 2024 was short-lived. There are 12,966 new cars on the roads in Norway, including all types of drives. This means that only 471 of these new cars did not have a battery electric drive, while 12,495 did.
Norwegian road administration OFV attributes this development to two factors. “New car sales in 2024 have so far been characterized by high volatility and fairly low sales volumes,” says OFV Director Øyvind Solberg Thorsen. “We are now seeing some economic recovery, which could lead to even more people visiting car dealerships.” And, according to OFV, a large number of Tesla vehicles (many of which were ordered a long time ago) “clearly contributed to the increase in registrations in September.”
Compared to September 2023, when just under 9,000 EVs were newly registered, the increase rate was 25.4%. This is big because the environment has changed. “Despite the introduction of value-added tax on electric cars priced above NOK 500,000 and changes to the conditions for the use of electric cars on public transport and toll booths, dealers are now selling almost exclusively electric cars. Not for sale,” OFV said.
In addition to 12,495 pure electric vehicles, 146 plug-in hybrid vehicles (145 gasoline engine and 1 diesel PHEV) were also sold in September. With 142 vehicles, gasoline hybrids still accounted for 1.1% of the market share, and pure diesel models still accounted for 1.0% with 135 new registrations. Only 48 new pure petrol cars were registered, corresponding to a market share of 0.4%. Only fuel cell vehicles were in a bad situation. According to OFV, there were no new vehicles registered.
In other words, Norway has almost achieved its political goal of making all new cars purely electric from January 1, 2025, with 96.4 percent. So far, the last petrol and diesel cars have not been hit hard. “It will be interesting to follow the development of passenger cars over the next three months,” says Solberg Thorsen. Despite the September record, the annual average EV share is 88%. Some people still choose cars with non-electric drive systems.
A look at the top 10 models reveals the aforementioned Tesla’s hefty payload. It’s no surprise that the Model Y is one of Norway’s most popular vehicles. In September, electric SUVs took first place with 2,107 units. However, the Tesla Model 3 ranks second with 2,067 new registrations. The electric saloon typically doesn’t rank in the top 10, with just 12 new registrations in September 2023.
The Tesla duo was followed by the Volvo EX30 by a considerable margin, which established itself in Norway’s top three with 803 new cars. Skoda Enyak received 702 new registrations, followed by Toyota bZ4X (659), VW ID.4/ID.5 (485), Nissan Ariya (385), VW ID.3 (324), and BMW i4 (274). ), Hyundai Kona (265). Even the No. 10 Kona achieved a market share of 2.0%, higher than all new cars with internal combustion engines combined.
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