[NEWS] Norway: New record in electric car sales

In 2020 the electric car dominated the car sales statistics. In fact, two out of three cars sold in December 2020 were electric cars.

The electric car still breaks new records. Last year, new car sales increased by 27 percent. Diesel car sales fell 47 percent and petrol fell 49 percent from the previous year, according to the year figures for 2020 from the Norwegian Road Federation.

Sales of rechargeable hybrids doubled and ended at close to 30,000 cars sold. 12,200 hybrids were sold last year, a decrease of 30 percent from the previous year.

In 2020 the electric car dominated the car statistics. A total of 73,890 electric cars were sold last year. That is 16,000 more than the year before and 30,000 more than in 2018.

Two of three cars sold in December were electric cars

New car sales went from great heights to deep corona valleys, and then took off like a rocket in the autumn. "During the sharp rise that came in the third four-month period, we saw that electric cars accounted for 54 percent of new car sales. In December as many as two out of three new cars were electric”, says director Øyvind Solberg Thorsen from the Norwegian Road Federation. “We are well on our way to reach the goal that in 2025 only emission-free cars will be sold ", says Minister of Climate and Environment Sveinung Rotevatn.

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