Electric car sales in 2022: Norway celebrates another record-breaking year for electric vehicles
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In 2022, 79.3 percent of all new cars sold in Norway were 100 percent battery-electric powered vehicles.
– Eight out of ten people choosing fully electric instead of combustion engines is a considerable step towards Norway reaching its climate goal of 100 percent BEV sales in 2025. This proves beyond doubt that affordable BEVs are the number one choice for new car owners, says Christina Bu, Secretary General of The Norwegian EV Association.
Norway has long since established itself as a global leader in the electric car revolution.
For over a decade, the innovative Scandinavian country with a population of only five million has destroyed electric car myths and set new sales records for battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
2022 was unsurprisingly no exception, and the EV market share rose from 64.5 percent in 2021 to 79.3 percent in 2022.
100 percent zero-emission by 2025
In 2016, the Norwegian Parliament committed to a goal that all new cars sold by 2025 should be zero emission (fully electric or hydrogen).
– The Norwegian EV Association is confident that Norway can achieve the goal of 100 percent zero-emission car sales in 2025. EVs are not only the number one choice in urban areas but also rural, Bu says.
– Our message to the rest of the world is crystal clear: Now there is no excuse for the internal combustion engines’ (ICE) unnecessary pollution when the climate crisis is so urgent to solve.
Substantial changes in incentives in 2023
The Norwegian success story is first and foremost due to a substantial package of government incentives developed to stimulate zero-emission vehicle sales.
The most significant is the exemption of purchase taxes, making BEVs considerably more attractive and affordable than ICEs.
From 2023, Norway will implement a 25 percent VAT on the purchase price from 500 000 Norwegian Kroner and over. Additionally for all EVs, a new weight tax will come into play.
– We cannot foresee how these new EV taxations will affect EV sales. We are campaigning hard to remind the Norwegian government just how important these incentives are to succeed and continue to show the world that a cold climate and remote infrastructure are no excuse not to go 100 percent electric, says Christina Bu.
– If Norway can do it, anyone can, Bu claims.
National fast charging network
BEVs now total 20.9 percent of all passenger cars in Norway, and the charging infrastructure is following suit. One thousand five hundred new fast chargers were established in 2022 alone, with more than 5600 fast chargers nationwide.
A nationwide fast-charging infrastructure is now in place, stretching over 1700 kilometres from the north of the arctic circle to the southern tip of Norway.
Top 10 new cars 2022 are all EVs:
- Tesla Model Y: 17356
- Volkswagen ID.4: 11561*
- Skoda Enyaq: 7133
- BMW iX: 6127
- Volvo XC40: 5507 (of which 5279 were EVs)
- Hyundai IONIQ 5: 5044
- Audi Q4 e-tron: 4928
- Audi e-tron: 4740
- Polestar Polestar 2: 4692
- Ford Mustang Mach-E: 4226
*including. ID.4 GTX
Source statistics: Norwegian Road Federation
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