Norway registered 15,725 new passenger cars in October 2026, 41.2% more than a year earlier and the highest October volume in more than 30 years, according to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV). Of those, 15,536 were electric, an electric share of 98.8%. The country now has 1,062,008 electric passenger cars, or 36.1% of the car fleet.
The October Numbers
OFV published the figures on November 2, 2026. The electric share was just below the record 98.81% set in September and compares with 97.43% in October 2025. Only 189 of the new cars were not fully electric, including 89 diesel and 14 petrol cars.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| New passenger cars, October 2026 | 15,725 (+41.2% year on year) |
| Electric cars registered in October | 15,536 (98.80%) |
| New cars year to date | 130,921 (+5.2%) |
| Electric share year to date | 98.0% (95.2% a year earlier) |
| Electric cars on the road, Oct 31 | 1,062,008 (36.1% of the fleet) |
The Fleet Is Still Mostly Not Electric
Electric cars are now the largest fuel group in the Norwegian fleet, ahead of diesel at 29.2% and petrol at 22.5%. OFV’s chief executive noted that almost two in three cars on Norwegian roads are still not electric, so replacing older cars remains necessary to cut road emissions. OFV also says 2026 could become a record year if about 48,600 new cars are registered in November and December.
For charging, the pattern matters more than any single month: nearly every new car is electric, so demand for home, workplace and destination charging keeps growing with the fleet.
What It Means
A market where almost every new car plugs in shows what a mature charging environment has to deliver: reliable home charging, shared charging in housing blocks and dependable public points. Property owners and installers can meet that demand with networked AC hardware such as our EV-AC03201T dual-connector AC station (two Type 2 connectors, OCPP 1.6J, RFID) or the EV-ACT3204E 22 kW wallbox (RFID and app, CE). Distributors serving similar markets can look at our distributor program, and brands can review our OEM and private-label program.
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Key Takeaways
- Norway registered 15,725 new cars in October 2026, up 41.2% year on year.
- 15,536 of them, or 98.8%, were electric.
- 1,062,008 electric cars are registered, 36.1% of the fleet.
- Almost two in three cars on Norwegian roads are still not electric.
