Month-to-month Norwegian auto gross sales numbers are in, displaying as soon as once more how closely dominant EVs are within the nation, with one Norwegian outlet saying “the Tesla growth won’t ever finish.”

Norway releases month-to-month gross sales numbers for the whole nation, giving us a simple strategy to see precisely what number of vehicles of every mannequin have been offered. These statistics embrace an entry for powertrain, giving us a simple strategy to see how the nation is doing as the worldwide chief in EV progress.

And as we see each month, the nation’s non-EV gross sales proceed to fade, whereas EVs dominate – significantly Tesla.

In Could, 80.7% of vehicles offered within the nation have been totally electrical. That is down barely from the 2023 common of 83%, however larger than final yr’s Could numbers, which stood at 73%.

What’s extra attention-grabbing is that there are actually nearly no gasoline- or diesel-only automobile gross sales within the nation. Of the remaining vehicles that aren’t totally electrical, 16% of gross sales are hybrid (together with plug-ins) and solely 2.1% are diesel-only and 1.2% are gasoline-only. These numbers are down from 3.7% and 4.2% respectively from the identical month final yr.

So whereas there are month-to-month fluctuations, the development continues to be clear. Automobiles with out some sort of battery in them are vanishing from Norway’s supplier heaps – and never as a result of they’re being offered out, however slightly as a result of no one needs them.

As for breakdowns by mannequin, the Tesla Mannequin Y is the preferred car within the nation by an enormous margin. The Mannequin Y was just lately declared best-selling automobile on the planet, the primary EV to take action. Whereas Norway is a relatively small market, its sturdy efficiency within the nation definitely doesn’t damage.

Up to now this yr, Tesla’s hottest mannequin has outsold its closest competitor, VW’s ID.4, by a whopping 454%, with 12,328 gross sales in comparison with the ID.4’s 2,712. The Mannequin Y represents virtually 1 / 4 of all automobile gross sales in Norway for the reason that begin of the yr, with 24.2% market share for this single automobile mannequin. In Could alone, the Mannequin Y outsold the ID.4 by “solely” 364%, however month-to-month numbers are much less dependable with Tesla as a result of method the corporate ships vehicles.

Tesla as a complete has a 26.3% market share this yr, making it the nation’s #1 model (although the Mannequin Y would qualify as such all by itself, because it accounts for the overwhelming majority of Tesla’s gross sales).

Tesla’s gross sales numbers have been helped by huge value cuts, preserving its vehicles aggressive in an atmosphere the place prospects world wide are beginning to reduce because of financial fears and better rates of interest making automobile loans costlier. In Norway, as in different nations, patrons have moved slightly downmarket in response to those financial modifications.

Electrek’s Take

Norway has focused a 2025 finish to gasoline-vehicle gross sales within the nation, although developments counsel that they might get there even sooner than that. EV gross sales have considerably plateaued with much less fast progress within the final yr or so, however they appear to be following the identical S-curve that many technological modifications comply with, with some laggards sticking round longer than anybody would love on the finish of the curve.

So I might say that Norway has principally met its goal, however any extra progress in the direction of full elimination (and conversion of these remaining hybrids to all-electric) is welcome. The truth is, Norway’s present 80%+ BEV share is sufficient to meet California’s 2035 fuel automobile ban, which is able to truly nonetheless permit 20% of autos to be plug-in hybrids.

The truth is, Norway has been so profitable with EV gross sales that the nation is even rolling again EV incentives to deal with strolling and biking as a substitute, a step towards extra sustainable transportation than even EVs can present. And producers are pulling fuel vehicles in another country, some with solely a pair days’ discover, recognizing there’s no level to stocking autos which can be solely going to get single-digit gross sales numbers anyway.

Progress like this reveals how areas can meet EV targets early, and the way setting these EV targets can ship a sign to shoppers and producers to adapt early so that they aren’t left with a gas-powered albatross round their neck when the time comes.

This can be a warning to producers: the identical goes to occur (and is already taking place) elsewhere. As shoppers catch on to the prevalence of EVs, as governments (hopefully) catch on to the severity and urgency of local weather motion, gross sales of fossil-powered vehicles must dry up, and fast. And automobile improvement cycles are sluggish, so that you higher have already began engaged on this or issues might go poorly.