In March, the Norwegian passenger automotive market decreased by 7.7 % year-over-year to eight,976 models. The entire quantity after 4 months of the 12 months can be adverse at 37,641 (down 10.5 % year-over-year).

In the meantime, plug-in electrical automotive gross sales principally remained flat as a result of the expansion generated by all-electric automotive gross sales was countered by the lower in plug-in hybrid automotive gross sales.

In accordance with the Norwegian Highway Federation (OFV), 8,175 new passenger plug-in automobiles had been registered final month (down 0.2 % year-over-year), which is about 91.1 % of the entire quantity.

All-electric passenger automotive registrations elevated by almost 4 % to 7,471 taking 83.2 % of the market. Plug-in hybrids had been down 28 % year-over-year (14th consecutive lower) with a 7.8 % market share.

Stats for the month (solely passenger automobiles):

• BEVs: 7,471 (up 4%) and 83.2% market share
• PHEVs: 703 (down 28%) and seven.8% market share
• Whole: 8,175 (down 0.2%) and 91.1% market share

To this point this 12 months, greater than 33,000 new passenger plug-in electrical automobiles had been registered in Norway, which is 9 % lower than a 12 months in the past.

Plug-in automotive registrations year-to-date:

• BEVs: 31,702 (down 7%, at 84.2% market share)
• PHEVs: 2,243 (down 32%, at 6.0% market share)
• Whole: 33,945 (down 9%, at 90.2% market share)

For reference, in 12 months of 2022, greater than 153,000 new plug-in electrical automobiles had been registered in Norway (up 0.8 % year-over-year).

In April, the Tesla Mannequin Y as soon as once more was probably the most registered automotive (whatever the powertrain) in Norway. With 920 new registrations final month (over 10 % of the entire), the year-to-date result’s now 9,634 (greater than 25 % of all the market). That is an enormous success for Tesla (the highest model thus far this 12 months), however let’s word additionally comparatively weak gross sales of the Mannequin 3 (46 in April and 773 YTD).

The subsequent a number of best-selling fashions in Norway occur to be largely all-electric crossovers/SUVs: Volkswagen ID.4 (602), Volvo XC40 (453), Skoda Enyaq iV (394), Volkswagen ID.3 (391) and Audi This fall e-tron (322).