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Norway, which has a high electric vehicle penetration rate, is one step closer to achieving 100% electric vehicle penetration among new vehicles. If it achieves this, it will be the first in the world. It is a different atmosphere from Korea, where the phenomenon of ‘electric vehicle phobia’ is spreading due to successive electric vehicle fires.

2nd (local time) Norwegian Road Traffic Information Institute (The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA) announced that 14,800 new vehicles, or 94.3% of new vehicles registered in August, were electric vehicles. This is an increase of about 13 percentage points from the same month last year. Looking at the cumulative figures from January to August this year, 68,435 new vehicles, or 86.8% of all new vehicles (78,832 units), were electric vehicles. By type, Tesla’s Model Y ranked first with 19% (2,107 units) of electric vehicles sold in August, followed by the Volvo EX30 and the Skoda Enyaq.

Norway aims to have all new cars electric by next year. The European Union (EU) aims to ban the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035. The Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association (NEVA) predicts that if this trend continues, electric vehicles will reach 100% of the new car market by January next year.

According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), electric vehicles accounted for only 12.1% of new vehicles registered in the EU as of July. Gasoline vehicles were the most prevalent at 33.4%, followed by hybrids at 32% and diesels at 12.6%.

Reporter Kim Won-cheol wonchul@hani.co.kr

Source: Korean