For the first time, electric cars overtake the number of petrol cars on the roads of Norway

Norway has confirmed that it is leading the global transition to electric vehicles, as confirmed by recent statistics. For the first time in history, the number of electric cars surpassed the number of gasoline cars on Norwegian roads, while in August, as we wrote about, a new record was set in the sale of electric vehicles, with as much as 94 percent of all newly registered cars being electric.

Nevertheless, the news that the number of gasoline vehicles has fallen compared to electric vehicles is a great success in the world of e-mobility. Out of a total of 2.8 million registered passenger vehicles, 754,303 were electric, while 753,905 used pure gasoline, according to data from the Road Traffic Information Council (OFV). These statistics keep Norway at the forefront of introducing sustainable transport into everyday life. It is not impossible that it will be the first country in the world to achieve the highest number of electric cars on the streets.

However, although the number of petrol cars has fallen below that of electric cars, diesel cars still make up a significant part of the fleet, with one million vehicles registered and holding the first place, followed by electric cars, then petrol cars, followed by several versions of hybrids. Forecasts show that electric cars could outnumber diesel cars by 2026.

The second record we cited, to remind you, refers to the sale of new cars in August 2024, when as many as 94 percent of all new passenger vehicle registrations were electric-powered, surpassing the previous record from January of the same year, when electric vehicles accounted for 92 percent of new registrations. A total of 11,114 new cars were registered in August, of which 10,480 were electric powered, which represents a 13 percent increase compared to the same period last year, which is also stated by OFV.

In the last 20 years, over a million petrol cars have disappeared from the Norwegian fleet, mostly in favor of electric vehicles, and a similar trend is expected for diesel vehicles, considering that since 2017 their decline has also been recorded for over 280,000 vehicles. Although this process will be slower due to the large number of registered diesel cars, Norway has already laid the groundwork for the dominance of electric cars on its roads.

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