Norway has just done something no other country has managed: it ended 2025 with 95.9% of all new passenger cars registered as fully electric, a figure even officials round up to “96% of the new car market.” December was closer to 98% EV share, making combustion a statistical rounding error rather than a real segment.
New-car registrations jumped roughly 40% versus 2024 as buyers rushed to beat stiffer EV taxes that arrive in 2026. That surge pushed total sales to around 180,000 cars, and nearly all of them were battery-electric.
Plug-in hybrids have faded into the background; the market has essentially gone straight from gas and diesel to full EVs.