VW to stop selling combustion vehicles in Norway from 2024

The Norwegian VW importer Møller Mobility Group had already announced to the media last year that it would only sell electric cars from 2024 and has now officially confirmed this step. The announcement was made to celebrate the brand’s 75th anniversary in Norway.

The farewell to the combustion engine in Norway is only logical: already today, e-cars regularly account for more than 80 per cent of new registrations in the Scandinavian country, and the government wants them to reach a full 100 per cent by 2025.

“It may seem strange to celebrate the milestone by removing model icons from our portfolio, but this has been an ambitious and important initiative over time,” says Ulf Tore Hekneby, managing director of Volkswagen importer Harald A. Møller AS. “The goal has been to drive change that we believe is of critical importance.”

Harald A. Møller AS has been importing Volkswagens to Norway since 1948. According to the company, around 1.1 million VWs have been sold in the Scandinavian country during these 75 years. This includes a total of 102,000 electric cars in the past ten years.

The sale of the last Golf in Norway this December marks the end of an era, but also the beginning of a new one, Hekneby emphasised. “We encourage everyone to consider an electric car in their next car purchase. Switching to an electric car is a crucial step in reducing an individual’s carbon footprint and an important overall contribution to combating climate change,” he said.

In Norway so far this year, the VW ID.4 is listed in second place in the sales statistics across all drive types. – with 5,832 new registrations as of the end of September. The ID.3 in 8th place (2,615 units) is another Volkswagen in the top ten – as are the MEB sister models Skoda Enyaq (3rd/4,362 vehicles) and Audi Q4 e-tron (10th/2,145 units). The best-selling model by far is the Tesla Model Y, which had 19,575 new registrations at the end of September.

moller.no (in Norwegian)