Norway recorded a 98.6% EV share of new passenger car registrations in April, breaking the prior record of 98.4% set just one month earlier. Of April’s 11,103 registrations, 10,952 were fully electric, while just 87 were diesel and 31 petrol, according to the OFV, Norway’s Road Federation.
In the eastern county of Østfold, just south of Oslo, the EV share reached 99.3%. Finnmark, which posted the country’s lowest regional figure, still reached 95.1%. OFV director Geir Inge Stokke noted it was the first time Norway had set consecutive monthly EV records. The EV share had surpassed 95% in every county in the country, and Stokke notes that this is likely due to availability, price, and technology.
Volkswagen topped the brand rankings with 1,735 units sold, with the ID.4 accounting for 781 of those. Toyota came second with 1,419 units, with the all-electric Urban Cruiser its top seller. The VW ID.3 claimed third spot among individual models. Tesla ranked eleventh overall, recording 379 sales in the month, of which 326 were Model Y. The company’s Norwegian sales are typically concentrated toward the end of each quarter, which partly explains the comparatively low April figure.
Norway’s EV momentum extended through the first quarter of 2026, with BEVs holding a 97.9% share of Q1 sales and PHEVs at 0.7%. A year earlier, combined plug-in share stood at 95.2%, with BEVs at 90.6% and PHEVs at 4.6%. Total Q1 registrations reached 27,175 units, down 14% year-on-year. The drop followed a purchase pull-forward into December 2025 ahead of VAT changes removing EV exemptions, which left January and February sales below normal. March rebounded sharply, growing 33% against the prior year.
Norway’s used car market is moving the same way, with BEVs accounting for 30.4% of April’s 40,519 ownership transfers, up 26.4% year-on-year. Year-to-date in 2026, BEVs hold the largest used car segment at 35.9%, a sign the EV transition has extended well beyond the new car market.
Toyota has been building out its Norwegian BEV range, led by the recently updated bZ4X, which offers improved range and faster DC charging. The bZ4X carries a warranty of 10 years and one million kilometers, against the industry norm of eight years and 150,000. Newer still, the C-HR BEV is smaller and more affordable, with a 72-kilowatt-hour battery, 28-minute fast-charging, and the same warranty. The Urban Cruiser debuted at 21 units in Q4 2025 and climbed to 874 in Q1, ranking fifth overall.
The country’s broader economy is mixed, with GDP growth recovering to 2.2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026 after contracting in mid-2025. Headline inflation climbed to 3.6% by quarter-end from 0.3% at the close of 2025. The central bank has held its benchmark rate at 4% since late September. Business confidence has slipped to 1.2 points from 3.4 a year earlier.
If a similar trend of EV uptake plays out in other markets over the coming years, we are likely to see a lot higher sales numbers from entities like Massimo Group (NASDAQ: MAMO).
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