According to Statens vegvesen, electric cars account for the majority of new car sales in Norway. However, fossil fuel cars still make up a large proportion of cars on Norwegian roads.
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“Since Norwegian passenger cars are on average around 18 years old before they are scrapped, it will be a few more years before the share of electric cars exceeds the share of fossil fuel cars on Norwegian roads,” says Espen Andersson of Statens vegvesen.
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So far in 2023, 55 have been registered electric cars passenger cars, 4693 plug-in hybrids, 4971 petrol cars and 2698 diesel cars.
At the turn of June and July, electric passenger cars accounted for nearly 24%. all registered passenger cars in Norway. The well-known goal is that all new passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and city buses must be zero-emission vehicles by 2025.
So far, in 2023, zero-emission vehicles accounted for as much as 81,7 percent. of all passenger cars registered for the first time. Zero-emission vehicles are vehicles that do not emit any local emissions when in use, such as electric vehicles or hydrogen or fuel cell powered vehicles. In the case of passenger cars, this means in practice that electric, hydrogen or fuel cell cars have not penetrated the market.
The share of electric vans has stagnated
In the case of light commercial vehicles, we have a slight decrease compared to last year. Last year, the percentage of light commercial vehicles registered for the first time was 29 percent. For comparison, this year it is already 28 percent.
Big changes for city buses
As for city buses, number increase zero-emission buses continues. Less than 69 percent last year's first registered city buses were electric buses, while this year this applies to over 75 percent. Diesel drops from 28 percent to 3,5 percent. The number of gas-powered buses increased from less than 3 percent to more than 21 percent of city buses registered for the first time.
– It is gratifying that the percentage of emission-free passenger cars and buses is growing. Statens vegvesen is following developments closely to see how we fare against our zero-emission targets in 2025. The electrification of the vehicle fleet is an important contribution to Norway's climate goals, says Espen Andersson of the Swedish Road Administration.
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Source: Statens vegvesen
