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E-car at a charging station in Oslo
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E-cars have been booming in Norway for a number of years; in 2020, more electric cars than combustion engines were registered there for the first time.
And the proportion of new cars with a gasoline, diesel or hybrid engine continues to decline.
In August, the Norwegian Road Transport Association (OFV) recorded a share of almost 72 percent of all-electric cars in newly registered vehicles - a record.
A total of 16,427 new cars were registered by the authorities last month.
Of these, 11,811 were emission-free, reports the OFV.
Compared to August 2020, this is an increase of 107 percent for e-cars.
With an increase of more than 50 percent, much more cars were registered in August than a year ago.
In the current year, the combustion engines no longer even come up with a quota of ten percent.
So far, the market share for gasoline engines in new vehicles is 4.9 percent and for diesel engines 4.7 percent.
Hybrid drives make up 30.3 percent, e-cars 60.1 percent.
For comparison: Last year, the market share of e-cars was below 50 percent, diesel and gasoline engines still reached double-digit values.
According to the will of the Norwegian government, no more cars with internal combustion engines will be registered in the country from 2025.
A ban is not yet planned.
However, Oslo is massively promoting e-cars with tax breaks, so that the vehicles are already more attractive to most people than diesel or gasoline-powered vehicles.
In Germany, the number of e-cars is increasing more slowly
The fact that sales of e-cars have recently been boosted is apparently also due to the new Tesla Model Y. In Norway, deliveries began at the end of July.
And although the electric SUV got off to a bumpy start in Europe, it became the country's best-selling vehicle in Norway within a week.
According to registration data, Tesla is said to have delivered 1115 Model Y vehicles to Norway.
The VW ID.4, also an electric SUV, and the Tesla Model 3 also sold frequently.
In Germany, too, more e-cars are taking to the streets.
However, the development is much slower than in Norway.
In August, 14.9 percent of the total of 193,307 new cars were equipped with a purely electric drive, the Federal Motor Transport Authority announced on Friday.
According to this, 35.5 percent of the new cars were powered by a gasoline engine, 17.7 percent with a diesel engine.
Vehicles with hybrid drive achieved a share of 31.4 percent (plug-in hybrids: 12.7 percent).
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