Last year, about twenty percent of registered new passenger cars in the Netherlands were completely electric. That percentage pales in comparison to the market share that the electric car had in Norway, according to figures from the Opplysningsrådet for Veitrafikken.
Last year 64,027 new electric cars were registered in the Netherlands, accounting for a market share of 19.8 percent. This means that about one in five registered new passenger cars was an EV. In Norway, that share is even higher. Of the 176,276 passenger cars registered last year, no less than 65 percent (113,715 units) were fully electric. In 2020, that share was still 54 percent. This means that about two out of three new passenger cars registered last year were an EV. In November, the market share of EVs was almost 78 percent. The total number of more than 175,000 newly registered passenger cars in Norway is special in itself, because it is the largest number since 1986.
The Tesla Model 3 was the most popular car in Norway with 12,058 registrations last year, followed by the Toyota RAV4 (8,928 units) and the Volkswagen ID.4 (8,645 units). The Toyota RAV4 is the only car in Norway’s top 10 sales that is not available with an electric powertrain. The places four to ten are filled in succession by the Tesla Model Y, Volvo XC40, Ford Mustang-Mach-E, Audi E-tron, Skoda Enyaq iV, Nissan Leaf and Polestar 2. Tesla has registered a total of 20,397 new registrations. by far the most popular brand in Norway, claiming a market share of 11.6 percent. In second place we find Volkswagen with 16.92 6 registrations, followed by Toyota (15,807 units) and Volvo (13,707 units).
Mainly gains for EVs
Not only EVs, but also plug-in hybrids are gaining ground in Norway. The share of plug-ins was 20.8 percent in 2021, 1.3 percentage points more than in 2020. With a share of 5.5 percent in the total, regular hybrids lost 3.1 percentage points in popularity. Cars with a conventional petrol engine accounted for a market share of 4.2 percent, almost 4 percentage points lower than in 2020. The share of diesel cars also fell, by almost 5 percentage points to 4 percent.
The average age of a car in Norway is currently 10.5 years. Last year, the fleet added more than 110,000 new EVs, while on the other hand, around 100,000 cars with conventional petrol and diesel engines were scrapped or were exported.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl