It’s time for another update about progress of the Norway’s fleet transition to EV powertrains. As of the end of September 2023, full electric vehicles (BEVs) comprised 23.6% of Norway’s total passenger vehicle fleet, with 675,503 units on the road. Plugin hybrids comprised a further 7.1% (203,323 units). Combined plugin EVs thus formed 30.7% of Norway’s fleet.
A year ago, at the end of Q3 2022, BEVs were 18.9% of the fleet (and PHEVs 6.6%) for a combined 25.4%. We can thus see that combined plugin EVs have taken an additional 5.3% of the fleet in the past 12 months, with BEVs alone taking 4.7%.
The noticeable upward bump in BEV share at the end of 2022 was caused by the large pull-forward of BEV sales in November and December, ahead of the introduction of sales taxes.
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Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.