page_title: Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway
section_title: Plug-in hybrid segment growth to the expense of pure electrics
hierarchical_section_title: Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway / Market and sales / Latest trends / Plug-in hybrid segment growth to the expense of pure electrics
caption_attribution_description: English: Graph showing historical series of light-duty plug-in vehicle registrations in Norway from 2012 to 2019 (total registrations with breakdown for all-electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and all-electric vans, with both new and imports from neighboring countries). Data series taken from: Registration figures from OFV (FCHVs were excluded in the graph - too small to show up in the graph): 2013-2014 2014-2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
context_page_description: The fleet of plug-in electric vehicles in Norway is the largest per capita in the world. In March 2014, Norway became the first country where one in every 100 passenger cars on the road was a plug-in electric; the market penetration passed 5% in December 2016, and attained 10% in October 2018. The Norwegian plug-in car segment market share has been the highest in the world for several years, achieving 29.1% in 2016, 39.2% in 2017, 49.1% in 2018 and 55.9% in 2019.
  As a result of the fast rate of adoption, the Nissan Leaf was Norway's best selling new passenger car model in 2018, marking the first time in any country that an all-electric car tops annual sales of the passenger car segment. According to a 2018 analysis by McKinsey & Company, Norway has already reached a critical mass of electric vehicles, therefore, the country is the only one in the world in the third stage of a disruptive trend, and the EV disruption is inevitable.
  As of 31 March 2020, the stock of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles registered in Norway totaled 390,367 units in use, consisting of 268,962 all-electric passenger cars and vans, and 121,405 plug-in hybrids.
context_section_description: The plug-in hybrid segment outsold all-electric cars for the first time ever in the month of April 2016. Registrations of new passenger plug-in vehicles during the first half of 2016 totaled 11,744 all-electric cars and 10,338 plug-in hybrids, with the all-electric car segment reaching a market share of 15.1%, down from 18.4% in the same period in 2015, while the plug-in hybrid segment reached a record 13.3%, up from 4.5% in 2015. These sales results for the first half of 2016 revealed a new trend in the Norwegian plug-in electric market. After years of spectacular growth, the market share of all-electric cars suffered a decline over the previous year, while the plug-in hybrid segment experienced significant growth. In terms of sales volume during the first half of 2016, for the first time plug-in hybrid registrations (10,338) were very close to all-electrics (11,744). Accounting for registrations during the first three quarters of 2016, plug-in hybrids grew nearly three-fold from the same period in 2016.
  According to the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association this new trend is the result of uncertainty created by the government about the future incentives for zero-emission vehicles. Also, buyers have more models to choose from, as the number of plug-in hybrid cars available in the market has increased significantly, as of August 2016, there were 19 plug-in hybrid models in the market and 15 all-electric cars. Accounting for cumulative registrations between January and July 2016, four plug-in hybrids were listed among the top 10 selling plug-in electric cars, with a plug-in hybrid ranking for the first time ever in first place. As the trend of stronger plug-in hybrid sales continued in July 2016, the split between battery electric cars and plug-in hybrids almost reached parity, with 12,855 electric cars (51.3%) registered in the first seven months of 2016 compared to 12,203 plug-in hybrids registered in the same period (48.7%). 
  In September 2016, the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association proposed to the government to change the rules in the 2017 budget to limit the incentives for plug-in hybrids with insufficient all-electric range and luxury models featuring an electric powertrain with a small battery with the sole purpose of increasing power output. Nevertheless, after the introduction of several long-range electric cars, sales of plug-in hybrids began to decline in 2018, with 9.2% less units than 2017, and fell further in 2019, with a decline of 27.3% from 2018 registratons.
caption: Annual registration of new and used imports by type of light-duty plug-in electric vehicle (2013-2019).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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