Porsche Taycan outpaced all gasoline cars combined last month
Norway has embraced electric vehicles like no other country and electric cars now consistently outsell ICE vehicles. Norwegians also love their premium electric vehicles, but it’s still remarkable that the Porsche Taycan topped all ICE vehicles combined in January, with 181 units delivered to customers.
According to Norwegian Road Traffic Information Board (OFV), out of a total of 7,957 vehicles sold in the country last month, only 387 of them were equipped with a diesel or gasoline engine, and of these 175 units only, a gasoline mill. It should be noted that the overall monthly sales figure is unusually low, even for a small country like Norway – that’s almost 2,400 vehicles less than in January 2021.
Almost 84% of all new cars sold in Norway last month (6,659 units) were fully electric. And of the 20 most popular vehicles, all but one were electric, the Toyota RAV4 (with 271 registrations). Not only is this a new all-time high for the country, but it also marks a 53% increase from the same month last year.
The best-selling vehicle in Norway last month was the Audi Q4 E-Tron with 643 units delivered. Next comes the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (477 units delivered), followed by the BMW iX (444 units delivered). Interestingly, the relatively affordable VW ID.3 only managed to sell 125 units, a very low number even compared to the ID.4 and the Skoda Enyaq (each with the same 389 units delivered).
This strong increase in the number of electric vehicles sold is also probably the direct result of the reduction of incentives for hybrid vehicles by Norway; they accounted for 19% of sales in January 2021, falling to just 6.6% this year.