Norwegian electric car sales hit a record high last month, propelled by demand for Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) mid-sized models in the influential Nordic mar
Norwegian electric car sales hit a record high last month, propelled by demand for Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) mid-sized models in the influential Nordic market, new data showed on Friday.
Battery electric vehicles made up 77.5% of all new cars sold last month, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said, up from 61.5% a year ago as the country seeks to become the first to end the sale of petrol and diesel engines by 2025.
Tesla Model Y, a compact sports utility vehicle, was the top selling vehicle in Norway in September with 19.8% of the car market followed by the company’s Model 3 sedan with 12.3%. Skoda’s Enyaq was a distant third at 4.4%.
First unveiled by California-based Tesla in March 2019, the Model Y was only recently made available to European customers, with thousands of Norwegians among the first on the continent to receive the car.
In 2020, electric cars grabbed a 54% share of the overall Norwegian market, outselling the combined volume of petrol, diesel and hybrid engines for the first time on a full-year basis.
Fonte: Reuters.com
