The Sheriff
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Mauzo ya magari yanayotumia umeme yafikia 54% ya mauzo ya magari yote mapya huko nchini Norway, ikiwa ni mara ya kwanza kwa nchi hiyo kurekodi mauzo ya juu ya magari hayo dhidi ya yale yatumiayo dizeli na petroli.
Serikali ya Norway ina mpango wa kukataza mauzo ya magari yatumiayo petroli na dizeli ifikapo mwaka 2025, ambapo tayari imeanza mikakati ya kupunguza kodi ili kuhamasisha utengenezwaji wa magari ya umeme kwa wingi.
Kwa mwaka 2020 mauzo ya magari ya umeme yamefikia 54% ya magari yote mapya ya abiria, ikiwa ni ongezeko la kutoka 49% mwaka 2019.
Hata hivyo, mwezi Desemba umerekodi mauzo ya juu zaidi ya magari kwani zaidi ya magari mapya 20,000 yalisajiliwa, ambapo 66%.7 yalikuwa magari yatumiayo umeme na yapatayo 4,232 yalikuwa ni aina ya Tesla Model 3, ikiwa ni zaidi ya 20% ya mauzo yote ya magari kwa mwezi huo.
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Electric car sales jumped to a record 54% of all new-vehicle sales in Norway last year, but Tesla’s Model 3 lost its place as the country’s bestselling vehicle despite a late surge.
It is the first time a country has recorded more sales of electric cars than those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines over an entire year.
The Norwegian government plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2025, and has used incentives and tax breaks in recent years to encourage an electric-car boom.
Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) made up 54.3% of new passenger car sales in 2020, up from 42% in 2019, according to figures published by the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) on Tuesday.
December was a bumper month for car sales in the Nordic country — the best on record — as more than 20,000 new vehicles were registered. Of these, 66.7% were electric vehicles and 4,232 were Tesla Model 3s — more than 20% of all vehicle sales in the month.
However, Tesla’s TSLA, +1.02% popular midsize model — the bestselling car in Norway in 2019 — fell to second place in 2020, losing out to Volkswagen’s VOW, +0.18% Audi e-tron with Volkswagen’s ID.3 in third.
Following a record year for Tesla in Norway in 2019, the U.S. company faced stiffer competition in 2020 as its rivals launched a number of electric cars, while the COVID-19 pandemic also affected sales.
December saw something of a comeback, with Tesla selling 4,232 cars — 54% of its annual 7,770 total. The company is also set to launch its Model Y electric SUV in Norway later this year, Reuters reported.
Source: MarketWatch
