Electric vehicles (EVs) accounted for almost two-thirds of all new car sales in Norway last year, according to newly released figures from the country’s Road Federation. In 2021, Norwegian dealerships sold 176,276 cars, 65% of which were EVs. That’s an 11 percentage point increase from the previous year, when they accounted for 54 percent of all new car sales.
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The Tesla Model 3 was the most popular choice among new buyers, followed by the Toyota RAV4 hybrid, the only internal combustion engine car to make the country's top-selling list. Other notable cars that made the list include the Volkswagen ID.4 in third place and the Polestar 2 in 10th place.
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The Norwegian EV Association told Reuters that electric vehicle sales could make up as much as 80 percent of the country’s total car market by 2022 — if chip shortages don’t cause further delays. As in 2020, much of what’s driving the adoption of EVs in Norway is the country’s generous subsidies. Car buyers don’t have to pay taxes levied on traditional internal combustion engine vehicles when they buy an EV. In 2021, the country’s federal government lost about $3.41 billion in tax revenue to push through its plan to end all sales of gasoline-powered cars by 2025.
Information source: engadget.com
