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"Norway has released its December and full year 2025 automotive sales numbers
and the world’s leading EV haven has broken records once again. The country had
previously targeted an end to fossil car sales in 2025, and it
basically got
there.
In 2017, Norway set a formal non-binding target to end fossil car sales in the
country by 2025 – a target earlier than any other country in the world by
several years. Norway was already well ahead of the world in EV adoption, with
about a third of new cars being electric at the time – but it wanted to
schedule the final blow for just 8 years later, fairly short as far as
automotive timelines go.
At the time, many (though not us at
Electrek) considered this to be an
optimistic goal, and figured that it might get pushed back.
But Norway did not budge in its target (unlike more cowardly nations). And it
turns out, when you set a realistic goal, craft policy around it, and don’t act
all wishy-washy or change your mind every few years, you can actually get
things done. (In fact, Europe currently has around the same EV sales level as
Norway did 10 years ahead of its 100% goal – which means Europe’s former 100%
2035 goal is still eminently achievable)
So, already by 2021, it looked like Norway was on track to have
basically no
fossil-only vehicle sales – though with various stragglers, including hybrid
vehicles.
And now, the final blow has basically been struck, as Norway has reported its
annual numbers showing a record year for car sales with virtually all of them
being electric."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
