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Battery electric cars accounted for 42% of new car sales in Norway last year. up from 31% in 2018. the Norwegian Road Federation said on Friday. Tesla sold a record 18.798 cars. led by a flow of its new Model 3 in the first half of the year.
Norway is already the world’s largest adopter of electric cars per inhabitant. thanks to generous incentives such as tax exemptions. The country — also western Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer — has a target of zero-emission cars making up all new sales by 2025.
Volkswagen remained the best-selling brand in 2019. but edged Tesla by only about 150 cars. Oyvind Solberg Thorsen. the head of the Road Federation. said in a webcast presentation. Both brands accounted for about 13% of the total new-car sales of 142.381.
The share of EVs could reach about 50% in 2020. Solberg Thorsen said during the presentation
The Nordic country was Tesla’s third-biggest market by sales in the first nine months of 2019. according to the U.S. carmaker’s third-quarter report. Tesla’s Model 3 was by far the best-selling model in Norway last year with 15.683 cars. taking over the top position from Nissan’s Leaf.
