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Electric cars hit 65% of Norway sales as Tesla grabs overall pole

Last Updated: January 8, 2022By Tags: , , , ,

Electric cars made up nearly two thirds of Norway’s new sales in 2021, with Tesla the top selling automobile brand overall, as the country pursues its goal of becoming the first to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars.

While Norway, with a population of 5.4 million, has the world’s highest proportion of electric vehicles, China with its 1.4 billion people is by far the biggest overall car market.

Oil-producing Norway has encouraged the switch to zero emission cars by exempting battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from taxes imposed on internal combustion engines (ICE).

This tax break is expected to help drive the proportion of overall electric sales as high as 80% in 2022, ahead of a deadline to end petrol and diesel powered car sales by 2025.

Overall new sales in Norway rose by 25% in 2021 to a record 176,276 cars, of which 65% were fully electric. This market share was up from 54% in 2020.

While small, affluent Norway is seen as a key market in which to gain a foothold for new BEV players, including China’s Nio and Swedish Volvo Cars (VOLCARb.ST) affiliate Polestar.

Tesla (TSLA.O) had an 11.6% share of Norway’s overall car market in 2021, making it the number one brand for the first time on a full-year basis ahead of Germany’s Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) with 9.6%, the Norwegian Road Federation (NRF) said on Monday.

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