Hyundai Motor Only Selling Electric Cars in Norwegian Market From 2023 Onwards

Hyundai Motor Norway has announced that the brand will sell only fully-electric zero-emission cars in the Norwegian market from 2023 onwards. After eight years of continuous growth, Hyundai has established itself as one of the biggest automotive brands in the Norwegian market.

In 2020, Hyundai decided to sell only plug-in hybrid and electric cars in Norway, thanks to plug-in hybrid models such as the TUCSON Plug-In Hybrid and SANTA FE Plug-In Hybrid. 

At the end of 2022, Hyundai’s last plug-in hybrids was sold, and from 1 January 2023, Norway is the first market where the brand will sell only pure electric cars.

From 2020 to 2022, the brand has delivered 25,000 passenger cars in Norway, of which 92 percent are fully electric. 

Thomas Rosvold, Managing Director at Hyundai Motor Norway, says: "We have great faith in our model portfolio, and now that we have launched the all-new IONIQ 6, the time has come to sell only all-electric cars in the Norwegian market. IONIQ 5 and KONA Electric have long since taken positions as some of the most popular cars in the market, and we are confident that our pure electric cars will bring us continued success into the future."

He adds: "Recently, we also got to see the first images of the new generation KONA Electric, and it is a model that will be both larger, more stylish and more dynamic than before. Alongside a number of other innovative models coming in the next few years, we are, in other words, primed for an all-electric future."

Hyundai's all-electric IONIQ 5 was Norway's fifth best-selling car in 2022.