According to vehicle registration data released by the Norwegian Highway Federation (OFV), Norway is the first country in the world where the number of electric vehicles exceeds that of gasoline vehicles.
According to OFV, of the 2.
8 million passenger vehicles registered in Norway so far, 26.
3% are pure electric vehicles, slightly higher than gasoline vehicles (26.2%). Diesel cars remain the most common model, accounting for 35% of all car registrations in Norway.
By 2030, the number of passenger cars in Norway may increase to 3.
1 million.
Oyvind Solberg Thorsen, director of OFV, said in a statement: “the electrification of the passenger car fleet is developing rapidly, and Norway is rapidly becoming the first country in the world where the passenger fleet is dominated by electric vehicles.
” He predicts that by 2026, the number of electric cars in Norway will exceed that of diesel cars.
Norway leads the world in the popularity of electric vehicles, thanks to incentives from the Norwegian government, including exempting sales and emission taxes on electric vehicles and electric trucks, reducing tolls and parking fees for these vehicles, and allowing drivers of electric vehicles to use bus lanes.
Norway is also one of the richest countries in the world, which helps offset the higher upfront cost of electric cars.
The Norwegian government’s incentives have been effective, with electric vehicles accounting for 94 per cent of the 11114 cars sold in Norway in August, according to OFV.
The Norwegian government has said it hopes its tax breaks will allow Norway to end sales of all new gasoline and diesel cars by next year.
Sales of diesel vehicles have soared for a decade since Norway introduced tax breaks for low-emission cars in 2007 because diesel cars are calculated to emit less carbon dioxide than gasoline cars.
However, Norwegian diesel car sales peaked in 2017 and then fell sharply as the electric vehicle market grew.
September is also the first time since 2011 that the number of diesel cars on Norwegian roads has fallen below 1 million.
However, Oyvind Solberg Thorsen said: “many of these diesel cars will continue to run on Norwegian roads in the coming years.
” Photo: OFV, according to the International Energy Agency, about 18% of all new cars sold worldwide last year were electric.
Electric cars and trucks account for 22 per cent of new car sales in China, compared with 14 per cent in Europe and 7 per cent in the US, according to the International Clean Transport Committee, a non-profit group.
Although global electric vehicle sales are growing rapidly, the growth rate in the United States has not met the expectations of some carmakers.
Rising interest rates, lagging charging networks and increased partisanship have cooled some US consumers’ enthusiasm for electric cars, prompting carmakers to slow their plans for a new range of electric vehicles.
Auto consultancy J.D. Power cut its forecast for u.s. electric vehicle sales this year to 9% from 12% of new car sales.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, about 1.
2% of all cars and trucks in the United States are electric vehicles.
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