British News Agency

According to figures from the Road Traffic Information Council (OFV), of the 2.8 million passenger cars registered in Norway as of 16/09/2024, 754,303 were electric, and 753,905 were gasoline-powered. At the same time, the number of diesel vehicles continues to fall.

"This is a historic event. A milestone that few people would have seen a decade ago," said OFV director Øyvind Solberg Thorsen, adding that the electrification of the passenger car fleet is continuing at a rapid pace and that Norway is rapidly becoming the first country in the world to have a passenger car fleet dominated by electric vehicles.

“But it will take some time to get there because there are still one million registered diesel-powered passenger cars in the country. Looking at the current rate of change in the passenger car fleet, we can say that by 2026 we will have more electric vehicles than diesels,” Øyvind Solberg Thorsen predicted.

In addition to pure petrol cars, the Norwegian passenger car fleet includes just under 210,000 plug-in hybrids and around 156,000 hybrids.

According to previous calculations by OFV, the current car stock of 2.8 million will increase to around 3.1 million by 2030.

“It is difficult to predict the rate of change in the passenger car stock. Economic fluctuations related to car taxes, prices, interest rates and other factors affect new car sales for both individuals and companies,” Solberg Thorsen said, adding that tax changes also have a major impact on which cars we choose.