In Sweden, sales growth for electric cars has slowed in line with the difficult economic situation, while lower fuel prices have led to increased interest in diesel cars.
Many are also convinced that the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars will not last – for example, that they will not be allowed to be sold within the EU after 2035.
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Norway is making rapid progress
In the well-known electric car-loving country of Norway, however, development is progressing rapidly.
There, the sale of cars with combustion engines will be banned at the turn of the year 2025/2026. According to 2023, electric cars accounted for 82.4 percent in Norway Reuters.
At New Year’s, several of the established car brands completely stopped offering cars with internal combustion engines in the country, and now as many as 27 car brands have a range that consists entirely of electric cars according to The Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association.
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Established car brands are catching on
Even before the turn of the year, several car brands sold only electric cars in Norway.
For the most part, however, it was mostly about pure electric car brands such as American Tesla and Chinese BYD, MG and Xpeng.
At the turn of the year, a number of the established car brands made the switch to fully electric operation on the Norwegian market.
These include Volkswagen, Hyundai and Subaru, as well as a whole range of brands from the Stellantis group, such as Fiat, Citroën, Opel and Peugeot.
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