Nine out of ten new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery only, registration data showed on Thursday, placing the country within reach of its target of only adding cars that are electric on the road by 2025.

Electric cars accounted for 89 percent of the new cars sold in Norway last year, a report said Thursday, pushing the country closer to reaching its goal of going fully electric by 2025.

Nearly 9 in 10 new passenger cars sold in Norway last year were electric vehicles. The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle, followed by the Model 3 and EX30. Chinese brands gained prominence, with BYD and Xpeng outselling Peugeot,

Chinese electric cars have surged to account for almost 10% of new car sales in Norway in only five years, data from the country's road federation (OFV) showed on Thursday. Wealthy Norway is far ahead of most countries in the switch to electric vehicles and unlike the European Union and the United States has not imposed import tariffs on Chinese EVs.

Of the 128,691 new car registrations last year, 114,400 were electric, the highest share of any major national car market and up from an 82% share in 2023. Norway aims for all new cars sold to be "zero emission" starting in 2025,

Electric cars last year accounted for more than half of all new registrations in Denmark, according to data published on Thursday. In 2024, around 173,000 new cars were sold in the country, 51.5% of which were electric cars,

The switch from combustion engine cars to electric vehicles is seen as key for fighting climate change. While many countries, including Germany, are struggling during the tranformation, Norway, shows that it can be done.