Battery electric vehicles represent 54.3% of new car sales in 2020, surpassing carriages with gasoline, hybrid and diesel engines combined.
Norway’s environment in 2020 in the first world of the world with more than 50% electric cars between all new vehicles sold, surpassing those with gasoline, hybrid and diesel engines combined, according to the figures published this March by the Federation Norway of Carreteras.
Battery electric vehicles (VEB) represent 54.3% of new car sales this year — a world record — up 42% in 2019 and 1% in the general market a decade ago. A mode of comparison, car and motorbike sales exclusively diesel cayeron from 75.7% registered in 2011 to only 8.6% in 2020.
Objective for 2025
The Nordic country is looking to convert to the first nation to end gasoline and diesel car sales by 2025, and is using fiscal extensions to make it the most sustainable vehicle purchase.
“Definitely, we are on the road to launching the 2025 objective”, said Øyvind Thorsen, Executive Director of the Norwegian Federation of Carreteras.
The Audi e-tron brand Volkswagen converts in electric car more sold in 2020, while it Tesla Model 3 of tamaño mediano fue relegado al segundo lugar.
Meanwhile, industry analysts and distributors of automotive vehicles predict that electric vehicle sales will increase in 2021, with more models being introduced to the market, Reuters reports.
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