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Norway reaches 96% electric car sales as gas cars decline.
Electric cars now make up 96% of all new car sales in Norway. Gas-powered cars are almost gone.
Tesla is once again the top-selling brand, even in one of the coldest countries with the highest number of EVs.
In December, electric cars reached nearly 98% of sales. Gas and diesel cars are now so rare that they barely register in the data.
Norway’s fast move to electric vehicles stands in sharp contrast to the rest of Europe. In many EU countries, weak EV demand led lawmakers last month to roll back plans for a 2035 ban on new gas-powered cars.
Norway registered a record 179,550 new passenger cars last year, according to OFV data. That’s a 40% increase from the year before and the highest total since records began, beating the previous record set in 2021.
OFV Director Geir Inge Stokke said in a statement:
“2025 has been a very special car year. We see the effect of long-term and targeted electric car policy, and how specific tax decisions have immediate effects on the market.”
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