page_title: Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway
section_title: Effects on oil consumption
hierarchical_section_title: Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway / Effects on oil consumption
caption_attribution_description: English: Historical trend of annual sales of petroleum products in Norway and otal sales and products for road vehicles (diesel and gasoline) from 2013 to 2019. Source: Statistisk sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway), data series here
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: Despite having for many years the world's highest growth rates and highest penetration of EVs, Norway's crude oil consumption for motor vehicles increased from 2013 to 2016, particularly dutiable diesel fuel. One factor in the slow decline of oil consumption is Norway's relatively rapid population growth. Another factor is the significant number of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles still on the roads, with only 5% being plug-in electric passenger cars by the end of 2016.
  However, according to Forbes, government figures for the sales of petroleum products in 2017, show that for the first time since 2014 Norway's consumption of gasoline and diesel declined across the board in 2017. Motor gasoline sales declined by 2.9%, dutiable diesel fell by 2.7%, and duty-free diesel (used by agricultural equipment) declined by 2.6%. This decline follows oil sales that were flat in 2014, and then grew by 1% in 2015 and 3.2% in 2016. Between 2018 and 2019, sales of gasoline and auto diesel declined by 3.3 %, with a larger drop of 5.5% in the gasoline segment, which includes conventional hybrids and plug-in hybrids.
caption: Historical trend of annual sales of petroleum products for road motor vehicles in Norway, 2013–2019. Source: Statistisk sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway).[211]
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