Norway September 2026: BEVs at record 98.8% share, Tesla at 26.3% share, Mercedes GLC shoots up

The Mercedes GLC is up to #3 in Norway in September.

18,733 new cars found a buyer in Norway in September, up 30.7% year-on-year and a new record for the month, eclipsing the previous best of 17,992 from September 2021. This means the year-to-date tally is now in positive at +1.6% to 115,196. For the second month in a row, BEVs reach a new all time record share at 98.8% vs. 97.9% so far this year and edging past the 98.7% of last month. HEVs are at 0.5% share, diesel at 0.4%, PHEV at 0.15% and petrol at 0.07%. As of September 30, 1,043,983 electric passenger cars were registered in Norway. This corresponds to 35.3% of the car population, making it the largest fuel group ahead of diesel with 29.4% and petrol with 22.9%. 

Tesla (+2.2%) is back in charge of the Norwegian brands ranking with 26.3% share, up from 4.7% last month and its best since the 34.9% of last March. Toyota (+1525.6%) compensates for a particularly drab year-ago result but at 7.1% share it is well below the 11% it commands year-to-date. Volkswagen (+5.1%) is down two spots on August to #3, ahead of Volvo (-13%) in difficulty and a soaring Mercedes (+79.4%). BYD (+192.7%), Kia (+161.9%), Xpeng (+131.1%) and BMW (+42.7%) also shine below.

Model-wise, the Tesla Model Y (+16.4%) is back up to #1 with 25.7% share vs. 14.1% so far this year. The Volvo EX30 (-0.9%) disappoints but is up two spots on August to #2. The Mercedes GLC (+56700%) climbs to #3 with 3% share now that the BEV variant is widely available. The Toyota bZ4X (+969.8%) is down to #4 while last month’s leader the VW ID.4 (+69.2%) falls to #5 but is up to #3 year-to-date. The new BYD Evo 4×4 repeats at #6, the Kia EV5 is up 12 spots to #9 and the Toyota Urban Cruiser down five to #10. Meanwhile the BMW iX3 (+35100%) confirms its blockbuster status at #8.

Previous month: Norway August 2026: BEVs at record 98.7% share, VW ID.4 #1, BMW iX3 #3

One year ago: Norway September 2025: Electric cars at record 98.3% share, Tesla Model Y at 28.8% of the market

Full September 2026 Top 53 All brands and Top 194 All models below.