Of the 9,343 new passenger cars registered in Norway in January, 8,954 were electric.
These figures are vastly different from those in 2024, when the total number of vehicles was significantly lower.
At that time, 92.1% of new registrations were also fully electric, but with 4,717 units out of 5,122 new cars.
For Norway’s Road Information Authority OFV, the new registrations are a sign of “economic optimism.”
Øyvind Solberg Thorsen, Director of OFV, stated: “With more than 9,300 new passenger cars in the first month of the year, we are roughly at the level we were accustomed to before the sharp decline in new car sales in 2023 and 2024.”
“The signals of interest rate cuts and increased purchasing power will likely encourage more people to fulfil their desire for a new car,” he added.
And in Norway, they are now almost exclusively electric.
However, the new record electric vehicle market share of nearly 96% comes as no surprise.
Years ago, the government set a (non-binding) target for the end of 2025 to register only fully electric new cars.
Many manufacturers, along with their Norwegian importers and business partners, have aligned their product range with this goal.
Nevertheless, OFV believes it is still too early to expect the 100% target to be met by the end of the year, even with January’s record figures.
“In the last five days of January alone, the proportion of electric cars slightly declined, and several hundred people opted for a diesel or petrol car,” explained Solberg Thorsen.
Specifically, in addition to the 8,954 new electric cars, there were:
- 137 diesel vehicles,
- 124 petrol hybrids,
- 94 petrol plug-in hybrids (and one diesel plug-in hybrid),
- 33 pure petrol cars without hybridisation.
Fuel cell vehicles were not mentioned.
Which Were the Favourite Electric Models in Norway?
Registration statistics show that among the top 50 models, only two are non-electric. Moreover, the first non-electric vehicle appears in 33rd place.
This is a remarkable figure, even by Norwegian standards, as some Toyota hybrids, such as the Yaris or RAV4, have repeatedly made it into the top ten.
However, this does not mean that Toyota is falling behind in the model rankings—quite the opposite.
In fact, the Toyota bZ4X leads Norway’s first 2025 registration statistics, with 1,188 new registrations.
The VW ID.4 follows in second place with 830 units.
The Nissan Ariya completes the podium with 544 new registrations.
Two more VW models take fourth and fifth place: the ID.3, with 537 units, and the ID.7, with 490 units.
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