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Electric vehicles outsell ICE cars in Norway, forecasting a combustion engine decline

Teslarati

Cars running on petrol and diesel engines made up 4.3% (451 vehicles) and 4.1% (430 vehicles) of new passenger car sales in Norway last month. Nettavisen calculated that nearly 16 electric vehicles were sold in Norway for every diesel car sold in July. Credit: OFV). Hybrid sales dropped by 6.4%

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

Cars That Think

Norway, more ambitiously still, aims to eliminate sales of new ICE vehicles by 2025. It stands to reason that Norway is far ahead of the rest of the world in terms of EV adoption. Norway has been working, with a consistent program of government funding and incentives, toward getting EVs on its roads since the 1990s. degrees F).”

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Tesla continues to establish pole position in Norway

Teslarati

Tesla is continuing to solidify itself in the pole position in Norway. The Model Y was the best-selling car in Norway in November, selling 1,013 units during the month, according to OFV information. The Tesla Model Y all-electric crossover was Norway’s best-selling vehicle in November. 4 came in third with 725 units sold.

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Tesla and EV dominance in Norway causes shortage of fossil fuel cars to tax

Teslarati

Tesla and other electric vehicles are beginning to dominate the roads in Norway, leaving very few internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to tax. As one of the first countries to face the challenge, Norway might set an example for future nations on how to handle EV dominance. . billion hole in Norway’s annual revenue.

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

Push EVs

Norway’s auto market saw plugin EV volume explode to take 87.6% Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. PHEV’s relatively low share was not due to their fall in volume, rather that the volume of BEVs and petrol vehicles were much higher than usual.

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Norway’s gas car sales are crashing to a crawl and rest of the world will follow faster than you’d think

Electrek

Norway’s internal combustion engine car sales (petrol and diesel) are crashing to now just a handful per month, and the rest of the world will follow faster than you might think.

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

EV Info

Norway has offered strong incentives for motorists to switch to Electric Vehicles with strong tax incentives for electric vehicles. Norway made that plan back in 2016. Sales of Petrol and Diesel car are falling faster that anyone expected. Top 50 car sold in Norway from January to August 2021. Cliff edge. 3 Volkswagen ID.4

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