A Tesla automotive is being charged at a Tesla electrical automobile charging station in Norheimsund, Norway on August 22, 2025.
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A record-breaking 12 months for electrical automobile (EV) gross sales in Norway places the nation inside touching distance of successfully erasing gasoline and diesel automobiles from its new automotive market.
A complete of 95.9% of all new automobiles registered in Norway final 12 months have been EVs, based on knowledge revealed Friday by the Norwegian Street Visitors Data Council (OFV). In December, 98% of recent automobiles have been EVs.
The annual determine was up from 88.9% on the finish of 2024.
A file of 179,549 new passenger automobiles have been registered in Norway final 12 months, OFV knowledge confirmed, representing a 40% soar year-on-year and breaking the nation’s earlier annual file in 2021.
The figures reaffirm the oil-producing nation’s place as a worldwide chief in sustainable transportation.
“2025 has been a really particular automotive 12 months. We see the impact of long-term and focused electrical automotive coverage, and the way particular tax selections have quick results available on the market,” OFV director Geir Inge Stokke stated in an announcement.
“The ultimate dash in the direction of the top of the 12 months has been traditionally sturdy, and there’s no doubt that the VAT change from January 1, 2026 has contributed to a fantastic many selecting to safe a brand new electrical automotive earlier than the 12 months was over,” he added.
Norway’s Deputy Transport Minister Cecilie Knibe Kroglund instructed CNBC final 12 months that long-term and constant insurance policies designed to assist the uptake of EVs — somewhat than imposing measures to ban the usage of inside combustion engine automobiles — had been pivotal to the nation’s transition.
Practically a fifth of recent automobiles offered in Norway in 2025 have been Teslas
The U.S.-based EV-maker discovered solace in Norway by way of 2025, regardless of a sustained droop in a number of different key European markets throughout the 12 months.
A complete of 34,285 new passenger Tesla automobiles have been registered in Norway final 12 months, which implies that nearly one out of each 5 new automobiles in Norway was a Tesla. It is a 41% year-on-year improve on the 24,259 new Teslas registered within the nation in 2024.
Tesla’s Mannequin Y was particularly widespread, with 27,621 first-time registrations nationwide, OFV knowledge confirmed.
“Taking nearly 20 % market share in a 12 months with record-high new automotive gross sales is in itself exceptional,” Stokke stated. “When a model additionally achieves such volumes with so few fashions, it says so much about each demand and Tesla’s affect within the Norwegian market.”
Additionally on Friday, Tesla revealed it had delivered 418,227 automobiles within the fourth quarter of 2025, 16% decrease than the fourth quarter of 2024, when Musk’s EV firm reported 495,570 deliveries.
