Norway June 2026: Tesla down -42.9%, Kia Niro up to #2

The Kia Niro is the 2nd best-selling car in Norway in June.

19,558 new cars were registered in Norway in June, up 6.4% year-on-year. However the H1 2026 tally is in negative at -2.8% to 73,403. BEV sales are up 6% to 18,875 and 96.5% share vs. 96.9% a year ago in June 2025. The year-to-date BEV share stands at 97.6% vs. 93.7% over the same period in 2025. As for HEVs they are up 49.8% to 334 and 1.7% share, PHEVs up 15.1% to 175 and 0.9% share, diesel is at 0.8% and petrol at 0.1%.

Telsa (-42.9%) sinks in the brands ranking to “just” 16.5% share vs. 30.7% a year ago in June 2025. In contrast Toyota (+129.2%) surges ahead to 13.2% of the market vs. 11.9% so far this year (+27.2%). Volvo (+37.6%) overtakes Volkswagen (-31.7%) to step up to third place with 8.7% share. For its part Kia (+511.%) shoots up 9 ranks on May to land at #5, this due to a single model as we’ll see further down. BMW (+13.9%) is soft at #6 while Xpeng (+122.5%) advances to #7 and becomes the best-selling Chinese brand YTD above BYD (-17%). 

Over in the models charts, the Tesla Model Y (-54.9%) unsurprisingly stays on top despite a ghastly year-on-year fall. We have a surprise in 2nd spot: discontinued here in 2024, the Kia Niro is back thanks to a Limited Edition of 1,350 vehicles reintroduced this year with a price that just sneaks under the VAT threshold of 300,000 kroner. These are newly produced cars from March/April, not old stock cars. The Tesla Model 3 (+50.4%) performs much better than its stablemate and climbs back up to #3. The new Toyota Urban Cruiser and Volvo EX30 (+60.7%) complete the Top 5.

Previous month: Norway May 2026: Tesla celebrates 100,000th Model Y sold in highest market in 40 years

One year ago: Norway June 2025: Tesla Model Y holds 27.2% share, Exlantix lands

Full June 2026 Top 54 All brands and Top 189 All models below.