Faster, Volkswagen Stops Sales Of ICE Vehicles In Norway Starting 2024

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JAKARTA - Volkswagen will stop selling gasoline-fueled vehicles from 2024 in Norway, and will switch entirely to electric vehicles.

Quoted from Carscroops, October 26, the news was delivered directly by the Maverickller Mobility Group, which is a supplier of cars from Volkswagen for the local market.

The importer revealed that it would stop accepting orders for combustion-powered passenger cars in Norway in December. It is not yet clear whether this step will include VW commercial vehicles, but it does not appear that this will happen.

As is known, Norway is one of the countries that is very concerned about this transition. In fact, battery-electric and hybrid plug-in vehicles accounted for 93 percent of all new passenger car sales in September, with the BEV being the majority of sales.

Meanwhile, VW itself has sold 102,000 BEVs in Norway over the past 10 years. For this year's record, VW ID.4 recorded 5,832 units, another popular BEV offered by VW in Norway including ID.3 with sales of 2,788 this year.

VW importers in the country have been preparing to switch to EV product ranks only for some time. In fact, three years ago the Norwegian government proposed to phase out all ICE models by 2023.

What encourages the growth in demand for electric vehicles in Norway is the provision of incentives, such as tax-free.