Norway’s New Cars Almost Totally Electric

Norway has surely earned its position arsenic nan biggest fans of electrical vehicles, pinch electrical cars now making up a record-breaking 97.2 per cent of caller conveyance registrations successful July 2025. 

According to nan Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV), 9,291 of nan 9,563 caller cars registered successful July were battery-electric, emission-free vehicles, surpassing nan erstwhile high of 91.9 per cent successful July 2024. This landmark surely goes to show nan state is making an fierce move to cleaner fuel, moreover if nan mostly of their system is based connected North Sea fossil fuels.

The Tesla Model Y led nan exemplary rankings pinch 715 registrations, reaching a 7.5 per cent marketplace share, followed by nan Skoda Enyaq (574), VW ID.4 (408), and BYD Sealion 7 (380). Notably, half of July’s apical 10 models, including nan VW ID.3 and ID.7, are built connected Volkswagen’s MEB platform, pinch nan Ford Explorer making its first top-ten appearance. Unlike June, erstwhile nan Tesla Model Y dominated pinch a 25 per cent share, July’s registrations were much evenly distributed, reflecting a diversifying EV market.

From January to July 2025, EVs accounted for 94.1 per cent of each new registrations, up from 85.6 per cent successful nan aforesaid play past year. Non-electric vehicles trailed significantly: plug-in hybrids and afloat hybrids held a mixed 1.7 per cent marketplace stock successful July, while diesel and petrol cars accounted for conscionable 0.9 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively.

July’s 48 per cent summation successful registrations compared to 2024 shows a recovering Norwegian car market, backed by shaper discounts and nan transportation of long-ordered vehicles, according to OFV’s Øyvind Solberg Thorsen. As a axenic import market, Norway’s patient EV uptake is helped by beardown incentives, infrastructure, and user demand.