Hyundai has officially announced that it will only offer fully electric vehicles in Norway from January 1, 2023. This makes this European country the first market in the world to only use electric vehicles from the South Korean manufacturer.
This bold move from one of Norway’s best-selling brands was predictable if you look at the numbers. Disitat from Carscoops, in recent years, electric vehicles accounted for more than 90 percent of Hyundai sales in Norway, thus making the transition process easier.
More specifically, between 2020 and 2022, Hyundai will deliver 25,000 cars in Norway, of which 92 percent will be electric cars.
This percentage is surprising, when you consider that the only pure electric vehicles offered by Hyundai to date, are the Ioniq and Kona Electric. However, both models are proving to be the most popular in the Norwegian market, where electric vehicles are still the dominant segment.
Since 2020, Hyundai has committed to selling only pure electric cars and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) in Norway, while discontinuing internal combustion engine (ICE) products in the region.
Meanwhile, Hyundai started selling electric vehicles in 2016 with the Ioniq model, followed by the Kona Electric in 2018, and the Ioniq 5 in 2021.
A few months ago, Hyundai also launched the Ioniq 6 which should help boost sales of electric vehicles even further, as evidenced by the large number of pre-orders in the European market.
In fact, the 2,500 units of the first edition of the Ioniq 6 which were available last month in Germany, England, France, Norway and the Netherlands have sold out in less than 24 hours.
