Oslo -Nearly 96 % of the new cars registered in Norway in January were Electric, an unparalleled percentage in the world and close to the country’s goal of selling zero emissions only from this year. The Norwegian Federation (OFV) said that a total of 9343 new cars were sold in January, of which 8,954 are electric cars.
Offv said that among the 50 most overseeing models, only two were non -electricians, the first of which came in thirty -third.
In comparison, the share of electric cars sold in Europe was only 13.6 % in the entire 2024-a decrease for the first time since 2020, according to ACEA car manufacturers. Even these remote nails EV sales in the United StatesWhere, according to Motortrend data last year, was only about 6 % of the newly -sold electrical vehicles.
With President Trump is now in office after promises to reduce incentives on EV sales that were placed under his predecessor, continued The decline in our absorption Fullly possible.
“We haven’t seen this before … if the rest of the year continues like this, we will be very close to the goal of 2025,” said the OFV Solberg Thorsen director in a statement. “But if we want to cross the finish line using 100 percent electric cars, it will be necessary to keep the incentives that make it profitable to choose an electric car on another models.”
Although it is a major oil and gas producer, Norway aims to be all new cars that are sold “zero emission” starting in 2025, which precedes 10 years on the goal set by the European Union, which is not considered Norway as a member.
Unlike Brussels plans, Oslo did not prohibit the sale of cars with internal combustion engines, as it instead chose a system of generous tax exemptions that made it competitive against taxable combustion cars.
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They also benefited from the outcomes of the outcome, free parking lots in public parking lots, and the use of public transport corridors.
How Norway pushed EV
While some tax exemptions and incentives have declined over the years, electric cars have become common on Norwegian roads.
“It was a decision paid in the first place Climate and the environment “He is a father, a 50 -year -old father who owns two EVS, to Agence France -Presse.
He said: “Another reason, of course, is the benefits that come with them,” describing himself as “climate lovers.”
In the upscale Bayrom neighborhood of the Oslo suburb, the streets are full of sels, Odes and Volkswagen. Chinese brands with competitive prices are also increasingly.
Many houses have a garage with the EV charger, as well as the wide national network in Norway from the high charging stations that keep the nation.
This was a pre -conditioning condition for Hvattum, which, like many Norwegians, travels a lot by car to the chalet in the mountains for several hours of Oslo.
“It is less complicated now after the network has become well sophisticated. You do not have to plan your trip as before,” he said, adding that he uses between 15 and 20 minutes. Mountains to shop for food.
Even if EV sales fail to meet a 100 % mark this year, experts say Norway can be considered its goal.
“We must finish between the year 95 and 100 %, and perhaps even at the end of this range,” Christina Bo, president of the Norwegian Electric Vehicles Association, told AFP.
A new tax increase on internal and rechargeable hybrids – which are cleaner but still partially work on gas or diesel – on April 1.
In January, diesel cars – are still common in most Europe – It represents only 1.5 % of new cars registered in Norway, and gasoline cars are only 0.4 %, according to Offv.
“Political leaders cannot rest on their glories,” Bo warned. “They must maintain the advantages, such as Toll discounts, so the transition to EVS is spreading in the used market.”