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Norway's Electric Car Sales Set New World Record

03 Sep 2024 | Abstracted from VOA

"Electric car sales in Norway took a 94% share of the market in August - a new world record...Boosted by the Tesla Model Y, which accounted for 18.8% of sales...Norwegians bought 10,480 new EVs in August, bringing the total to 68,435 since the start of the year.

"By comparison, electric cars represented 12.1% of new car sales in the EU in July, behind petrol cars at 33.4%... If this trend continues, we will soon be on our way to achieving our goal of 100% zero-emission cars by 2025."

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