Electric vehicles made up 98.3% of new passenger-car registrations in Norway last month, a record high reached while combustion engine vehicles continue to disappear from the Nordic nation’s roads.
The shift away from combustion engines is stark.
Last month, only 25 petrol cars and 105 diesel models were sold, representing 0.2% and 0.7% of the market respectively.
The September 98.3% share, published by the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) on Wednesday, marked an increase from 96.4% a year earlier.
Year to date, EVs account for 95% of all new passenger-car sales, compared with 88.2% in the same period of 2024.
Tesla reached in September its best result in two and a half years.
The company sold 4,829 vehicles, according to data published earlier this Wednesday by OFV.
The figures represented not only a 60.2% surge month over month but also a 14.7% year on year jump.
A total of 14,329 new cars were registered in September, up 10.5% from a year earlier. Since the start of 2025, 113,325 passenger cars have been registered, a gain of 23.5%.
Hybrids made up 0.8% with 115 vehicles, down from a 2.2% share a year earlier.
Corporate buyers accounted for 32.9% of the market in September, down from 36.7% a year earlier. Year-to-date, the fleet share stands at 41.1%, compared with 47.2% for the same period in 2024.
Norway, the first country planning to phase out new combustion-car sales by 2025, has long been a global frontrunner in EV adoption, supported by tax exemptions, road-toll waivers and other incentives.
As reported last week, Norway now has more electric models available in its new car market than internal combustion engine and hybrid models combined.
Chinese automakers BYD and XPeng, and Geely-backed EV maker Polestar are among the top 20 brands by sales, following legacy automakers such as Volkswagen, Toyota or Volvo.
