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Published 9 Sept 2026
How many new passenger cars are registered in Norway each year?
New passenger-car registrations in 2025 reached a record 179,550 vehicles, surpassing the previous annual record set in 2021.
- 179,550 new passenger cars were registered in Norway in 2025, up from 128,691 in 2024.
- Passenger-car registrations rose by 39.5% year over year, with 50,859 more registrations than in 2024.
- The 2025 total surpassed the previous record of 176,276 registrations in 2021.
How much of Norway’s new passenger-car market is zero-emission?
Zero-emission cars dominated Norway’s new passenger-car market in 2025, reaching a 95.9% market share.
- Norway registered 179,550 new passenger cars in 2025.
- Zero-emission cars accounted for 95.9% of new passenger-car registrations in 2025, up from 88.9% in 2024.
- The 2025 result shows Norway moving even closer to an almost fully electric new-car market.
| Zero-Emission New Passenger-Car Share in Norway (2019–2025) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | New Passenger-Car Registrations | Zero-Emission Market Share |
| 2019 | 142,381 | 42.4% |
| 2020 | 141,412 | 54.3% |
| 2021 | 176,276 | 64.5% |
| 2022 | 174,330 | 79.3% |
| 2023 | 126,953 | 82.4% |
| 2024 | 128,691 | 88.9% |
| 2025 | 179,550 | 95.9% |
Source · Note: Zero-emission market share refers to the electric share of new passenger-car registrations. Plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrids are excluded from this share. New passenger-car registrations are used as the sales proxy.
How do new passenger-car registrations compare with used-car ownership transfers in Norway?
New passenger-car registrations remained much smaller than the used-car market in 2024. Norway recorded 128,691 new passenger-car registrations, while 506,981 passenger cars changed ownership in the used market.
- Used passenger-car ownership transfers increased from 500,096 in 2023 to 506,981 in 2024, a 1.4% rise.
What were the top-selling passenger car brands in Norway in 2024?
- Tesla remained Norway’s leading passenger-car brand in 2024, with 24,259 registrations.
- Volkswagen followed with 14,000 registrations, while Toyota ranked third with 13,678.
- Volvo ranked fourth with 11,118 registrations.
- BMW rounded out the top five with 6,952 registrations.
What were the most popular passenger car models in Norway in 2024?
The Tesla Model Y remained Norway’s most popular passenger-car model in 2024, holding the top spot for the third consecutive year.
- The Tesla Model Y recorded 16,858 registrations in 2024.
- The Tesla Model 3 ranked second with 7,264 registrations.
- The Volvo EX30 ranked third with 7,229 registrations, followed closely by the Volkswagen ID.4 at 7,222.
- Toyota Yaris ranked ninth with 3,523 registrations, followed by the Audi Q4 e-tron with 3,449.
| Top 10 Most Popular Passenger Car Models in Norway (2024) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Model | Brand | 2024 Registrations |
| Model Y | Tesla | 16,858 |
| Model 3 | Tesla | 7,264 |
| EX30 | Volvo | 7,229 |
| ID.4 | Volkswagen | 7,222 |
| bZ4X | Toyota | 6,007 |
| Enyaq | Skoda | 4,610 |
| Ariya | Nissan | 3,772 |
| ID.3 | Volkswagen | 3,634 |
| Yaris | Toyota | 3,523 |
| Q4 e-tron | Audi | 3,449 |
Source · Note: Model rankings use new passenger-car registrations.
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How many car models appeared or disappeared in Norway in 2024?
- A total of 102 car models that were registered in 2023 were no longer registered in 2024.
- In contrast, 88 car models appeared in 2024 after not appearing in the 2023 registration statistics.
How does Norway’s electric passenger-car market compare with global trends?
- Globally, electric cars accounted for about 25% of new car sales in 2025, while zero-emission cars reached 95.9% of Norway’s new passenger-car market.
- Norway’s zero-emission new passenger-car share was nearly four times the global electric-car sales share in 2025.
Note: The global electric-car share includes battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars. Norway’s 95.9% figure refers to zero-emission new passenger cars.
