Norwegians love affair with EVs has seen ICE vehicles sales become almost extinct over the past couple of years. Now we see the Porsche Taycan EV putting the last couple of nails in the ICE coffin, as it has sold more than all internal-combustion-engine (ICE) cars put together in January 2022. The Taycan outsold fossil-fueled vehicles like the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic.
Porsche sold 185 vehicles in total last month. There were 181 Porsche Taycans sold in January 2022, making up 98% of the legacy sports car maker’s sales in Norway. In comparison, a total of 175 gas-only vehicles were registered in Norway last month.
Last year, electric vehicles started outselling ICE and hybrid vehicles in Norway, making up more than half of car sales by June 2021. In January 2022, 9 out of 10 first-time registered new passenger cars were electric vehicles. The only outlier or non-electric vehicle was the Toyota RAV4, a hybrid car. A total of 271 Toyota RAV4 hybrid vehicles were registered in January 2022.
New passenger car registrations dropped from 10,301 in January 2021 to 7,957 last month. However, the market share of electric cars increased by 30.7%, amounting to 83.7% in total. Rechargeable hybrid vehicles made up 6.8% market share.
It looks like 2022 will be another big year for EV’s and in Norway, it may be the last year an ICE is sold there.
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