Nearly all new cars registered in Norway in April were electric, continuing the country’s shift toward battery-powered mobility. According to the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV), 10,942 new electric cars were registered during the month, representing 97 per cent of all new vehicle registrations.
Although slightly down from March’s figure by 250 units, the number of electric car registrations rose by about 900 compared to April last year. In total, 11,286 new cars were registered across all drive types last month, OFV said, meaning electric vehicles (EVs) again outpaced the 2025 average market share of 92.3 per cent.
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“A total of 42,882 new cars have been registered so far this year—an increase of 28 per cent compared to the same period last year,” said OFV Director Øyvind Solberg Thorsen. “This clearly shows how the government’s tax policy is affecting car sales,” he added, referring to a recent tax change that increased costs for plug-in hybrids starting April 1.
The effect of the tax shift was visible in the numbers. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) saw a sharp drop from over 1,200 new registrations in March to just 56 in April. Alongside the PHEVs, only 344 non-electric vehicles were sold in April, including 98 full hybrids, 25 petrol cars, and 165 diesel vehicles. Fuel cell cars were not included in the data due to their limited presence in the market.
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For the first time, all 30 top-selling models in Norway were fully electric, according to OFV. “We’ve never seen us have to go so far down the list of new car sales before something other than electric cars appears,” said Thorsen, noting that the highest-ranked non-electric model placed 39th.
The Tesla Model Y regained the top spot in April, supported by deliveries of its Juniper facelift, with 869 units sold, giving it a 7.7 per cent market share. It was followed by the Volkswagen ID.4 (724 units), Toyota bZ4X (697), and Volkswagen ID.7 (696). Other high performers included the ID.3 (620), Nissan Ariya (423), Skoda Enyaq (356), Volvo EX30 (343), BMW iX1 (293), and Ford Explorer (291).
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Chinese electric vehicles also held ground, accounting for around 12 per cent of market share so far in 2025. The Xpeng G6 was the best-selling Chinese model in April with 185 units.
Year to date, the Model Y leads with 3,656 registrations—down 31.4 per cent from 2024—followed by the Toyota bZ4X (2,984) and VW ID.4 (2,617). Thorsen said the decline for Tesla may reflect consumers increasingly considering competing brands within the same price segment.
