New electric vehicle registrations in Norway surged to 19,427 units in November, pushing the electric share of total new passenger car sales to 97.6% and marking one of the strongest months on record for the country’s auto market, data from the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) showed.
Total new passenger car registrations reached 19,899 vehicles, leaving only a few hundred non-electric cars added to Norwegian roads last month. The November electric vehicle total was up by 8,575 units from October and 8,487 higher than the same month a year earlier, highlighting the widening gap between battery-electric vehicles and all other powertrains.
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OFV said the market acceleration was driven by a combination of anticipated tax changes next year, aggressive discount campaigns, wider availability of lower-priced models and signs of gradual economic recovery. “This is a historically strong November. The share of electric cars is at a record high, and many brands are growing significantly,” said OFV Managing Director Geir Inge Stokke. He added that uncertainty around proposed value-added tax changes from 2026 had prompted many buyers to bring forward purchases.
Tesla emerged as the clear market leader in November, capturing a 31.2% share with 6,215 new registrations, meaning nearly one in three new cars sold last month came from the U.S. automaker. With 28,606 vehicles registered so far in 2025, Tesla has already surpassed both its own full-year record from 2023 and the previous national record set by Volkswagen in 2016.
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Volkswagen ranked second in November with 2,198 registrations, followed by Volvo with 1,867 and BMW with 1,104, all showing solid year-on-year growth in a market that is now almost entirely electric. OFV said Chinese brands including BYD, MG and Xpeng did not dominate the monthly top rankings but have recorded strong volume growth so far this year, particularly in the mid-size SUV segment.
By model, the Tesla Model Y remained Norway’s best-selling car with 3,648 registrations in November, closely followed by the Tesla Model 3 with 2,562 units. Other top performers included the Volvo EX40 with 916 registrations, the Volkswagen ID.4 with 892, the VW ID.7 with 780 and the Volvo EX30 with 774. The Ford Explorer, Skoda Elroq, Skoda Enyaq and BMW iX1 completed the top ten. OFV said high registration activity is expected to continue into December as buyers seek to secure deliveries before any potential tax changes take effect.
