Nine out of ten new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery only, registration data showed on Thursday, placing the country within reach of its target of only adding cars that are electric on the road by 2025.

Norway is leading the entire world when it comes to electric vehicle adoption. Nine out of ten cars sold in the Nordic country in 2024 were powered by electricity. That puts the country well on track to hit its goal of only adding EVs to the road in 2025.

Electric cars accounted for 89 percent of the new cars sold in Norway last year, a report said Thursday, pushing the country closer to reaching its goal of going fully electric by 2025.

According to reports, nine out of every ten new cars sold in Norway in 2024 were electric vehicles. It is said that the country is aiming to achieve its goal of adding only EVs to the road in 2025.Pure-electric

Significant milestone for the electric vehicle (EV) revolution, nearly nine out of ten new cars sold in Norway last year were fully electric

With Norway EV sales at a record ~90% of the market, the EV transition is near complete. The main stragglers? Companies that serve foreigners.

Of the 128,691 new car registrations last year, 114,400 were electric, the highest share of any major national car market and up from an 82% share in 2023. Norway aims for all new cars sold to be "zero emission" starting in 2025,

The switch from combustion engine cars to electric vehicles is seen as key for fighting climate change. While many countries, including Germany, are struggling during the tranformation, Norway, shows that it can be done.