Automotive industry Nine out of ten new cars in Norway are electric cars
In Norway, combustion cars only play a minor role in new car purchases. As the Norwegian Road Transport Information Council (OFV) announced on Thursday, almost nine out of ten (89 percent) of new cars sold in 2024 were electric.
02.01.2025, 15:49
SDA
This means that Norway is already scratching its target of only registering electric vehicles by 2025. According to the figures, 114,400 of the 128,691 vehicles registered last year had an electric drive. The proportion was already comparatively high at 82% in the previous year 2023.
The major oil and gas producer Norway is thus leading the way in e-mobility. In 2025, only electric cars are to be sold; in the European Union, this target will not apply until ten years later.
In 2012, the proportion of e-powered cars sold in Norway was still just 2.8 percent, but since then new registrations have shot up. This was also due to government incentives such as tax and toll exemptions, free parking in public parking lots and the use of additional public transport lanes.
E-cars are now a matter of course in Norway, and some incentives have since been withdrawn. The leading manufacturer in Norway is the US carmaker Tesla.
