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Even after cutting EV incentives, Norway only sold 98 diesel cars in January (electrek.co)

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[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

The “concerning” way of framing these numbers would be to say that diesel car market share nearly tripled year over year, going from 1.5% in Jan 2025 to 4.4% in 2026, as EV sales dropped to about a quarter of their previous numbers. But that’s more a reflection of diesel car unit sales being so small as to be negligible, and EV unit sales being shifted forward into December instead of January.

98 diesel, 29 hybrids, 6 petrol, 2084 EVs. For the full perspective. Well done Norwegians

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Would be interesting to see this compared to total car sales in a year - including used ones.

In a hypothetical where new cars get so expensive that most people are forced to buy used, you could still report "100% of new cars sold are electric" while more and more people quietly switch to cheaper used gas and diesel instead.

I don't think that's happening here, but it's definitely something to consider.

I consider myself middle class, but I'd never buy a brand-new car - and even used electric trucks are way out of my price range. I drive a diesel because I have no option.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Used cars were all new cars at some point. In a place with 99% of new sales are EVs for an extended period of time, you'll eventually get to where used non-EVs in decent condition aren't affordable/obtainable. Especially when those people buying them are possibly disproportionately buying the non-EVs for ideological reasons and will hold on to them longer as non-EVs become more and more inaccessible.

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

I still think it would be interesting to see those stats.

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