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  "path": "/lifestyle/cars/petrol-cars-norway-electric-vehicle-sales",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T09:22:32.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
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    "M69 traffic: Major motorway to be closed 'for several hours' after 'serious collision'",
    "Elon Musk 'trying to distract from Tesla's imploding car business' with robotaxi rollout",
    "Britons call for new Highway Code campaign as drivers fail to follow major road rules",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nOnly seven new petrol cars were sold in Norway in the first month of the year as drivers continue turn their backs on polluting vehicles.\n\nData from the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) reported that just seven cars with petrol engines were sold in January 2026.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWhile more than 2,000 battery electric vehicles were sold, 98 diesel cars were registered, alongside 29 hybrids.\n\nWith the latest car sales data, experts have suggested that Norway could become one of the first countries in the world to completely phase out petrol and diesel vehicles.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMotorists in Norway last year made a clear shift towards cleaner vehicles, with 95.9 per cent of newly purchased cars being zero emission.\n\nMany have praised Norway's transition away from petrol and diesel cars with huge incentives for electric vehicles stemming from high carbon taxes on polluting industries.\n\nGeir Inge Stokke, director of the OFV, also explained why there was a huge 76.7 per cent decrease in car sales in January, with just 2,218 newly registered cars.\n\nHe reported that new tax changes were being introduced, which created \"artificial sales peaks and sudden drops, and create an unnecessary rush-and-grab market\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWhile January sales were low, Mr Stokke said registrations would pick up again in the coming months as the market stabilises.\n\nHe added: \"After a period of extraordinary registration activity in new car sales for passenger cars before the New Year and lower volumes in January, experience indicates that developments further into 2026 will be more stable.\n\n\"The industry has shown high execution power under changing framework conditions. With greater predictability going forward, conditions are better prepared for more stable market development throughout the year.\"\n\nThe Volkswagen ID.3 was the best-selling model last month with 299 sales, followed by the Toyota bZ4X (184), Toyota Urban Cruiser (98), Skoda Elroq (78) and Changan Deepal S05 (75).\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * M69 traffic: Major motorway to be closed 'for several hours' after 'serious collision'\n  * Elon Musk 'trying to distract from Tesla's imploding car business' with robotaxi rollout\n  * Britons call for new Highway Code campaign as drivers fail to follow major road rules\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSimilar impressive sales were seen in the second-hand market, with Norway seeing a 22.7 per cent increase in year-on-year registrations last month.\n\nMr Stokke highlighted that second-hand electric vehicles had \"clearly taken hold\" of the market, with drivers continuing to avoid petrol and diesel vehicles.\n\n\"This makes the electric car a more accessible alternative for far more buyers than before,\" he added.\n\nVolkswagen was also the best-selling used car brand, making up almost 20 per cent of the market share. Toyota, Skoda, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai rounded out the top five.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWhile the vast majority of cars sold in Norway last month were electric, just one new passenger car with a manual transmission was registered.\n\nIn comparison, 29,654 new electric vehicles were registered in the UK in the first month of the year, worth a total market share of 20.6 per cent.\n\nThe year-on-year sales of petrol and diesel vehicles continue to decline, with a 1.9 per cent and 8.8 per cent drop respectively.\n\nOverall, the UK saw a 3.4 per cent increase in January sales compared to 2025, marking the best first-month of registrations since pre-pandemic 2020.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Petrol cars on brink of extinction as drivers buy just SEVEN fuel-powered vehicles in January"
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