The three pie charts illustrate the percentages of vehicle registrations in Norway by type – namely fully electric, hybrid, petrol, and diesel – in 2008 and 2018, along with a projection for 2028 at ten-year intervals.
Overall, there is an anticipated decrease in the use of petrol and diesel vehicles, particularly with the former declining from the leading position to the least prevalent. Conversely, the proportion of fully electric vehicles, which was negligible at the outset, is predicted to rise sharply and become the most common means of transport by 2028, accompanied by a marked increase in hybrid vehicles.
With regard to vehicles powered by petrol and diesel, they initially accounted for the overwhelming majority of registrations, with petrol vehicles standing at 69%, which was more than double the share of diesel vehicles, at 30%. By 2018, the proportion of petrol vehicles had dropped to 39%, losing their dominance to diesel, which climbed to 46% as the primary mode of transport in that year. Despite this increase, diesel is forecast to fall to 27% by 2028, ranking above only petrol vehicles, which are expected to decline further to just 11%.
As for hybrid and fully electric vehicles, both followed a somewhat similar pattern of growth. At the beginning of the period, hybrid vehicles accounted for just 1%, whereas fully electric vehicles were nonexistent. Over the following two decades, both are projected to rise steadily, with fully electric vehicles becoming the most common type at 32%, followed by hybrid vehicles at 30%, thereby recording the highest and second-highest figures, respectively.