Norway, the river of electricity

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Norway, the power of electricity: a third of the cars sold in 2018 in the Scandinavian state were 100% electric

In the context in which as many new cars were sold in Norway and Romania in 2018, the share of electricity in them is higher than the share of Dacia models in our country.

Norwegian road authority has officially announced sales statistics on the new car market in 2018. And Norway does not disappoint those who want to see an explosion in zero-emission car sales: 31.2% of new cars sold in the Scandinavian state 2018 are 100% electric.

In 2017, the market share of pure electric cars was 20.8%. In other words, if in 2017 one in five Norwegians chose an electric car, things were much better in 2018: each of three cars sold on the Norwegian market was 100% electric. In 2013, the market share of electricity was "only" 5.5%, a value that no other country has ever managed to match up to today.

Electrics in Norway, better than Dacia in Romania

For a more accurate understanding of the Norwegian car market, it is important to note that, in the context of Romania and Norway being markets that in 2018 sold approximately the same number of new cars, the share of electric models in sales in the northern state (31.2%) is easy higher than the share of Dacia models in sales in Romania (27.6% in January-November 2018).

According to Norwegian officials, the ultimate goal of the Scandinavian market is to completely eliminate cars with internal combustion engines on streets and roads. "Two thirds of the cars sold last year are still fueled with fossil fuel, so we have a long way to go," says Oeyvind Solberg Thorsen, president of the Norwegian Transport Federation.

49.1% electrified cars

Statistics are even more interesting if we take into account, in addition to electric models, plug-in hybrid cars: the two categories of cars gathered in 2018 not less than 49.1% of new car sales in Norway.

In the case of models with alternative propulsion systems, the Norwegian sales rankings put Nissan Leaf on the first place. Japanese Electric is followed in the order of Volkswagen e-Golf, BMW i3, Tesla Model X and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

Norway's electric car sales have increased steadily since 2010 as the Nordic state government has eliminated the purchase fees for this type of model and its owners benefit from a number of major benefits including free parking in cities, dedicated lanes on the boulevards and free charging at dedicated stations.