Statistics Norway’s recent figures show that emissions from road traffic would have been 35 per cent higher in 2023 if it were not for electric cars and biofuels.
The National Association of Car Transporters believes that Norway’s ambitious 2025 target has for all practical purposes been reached. Almost nothing is sold other than electric passenger cars. We therefore believe that the most important thing now is to ensure that the rate of replacement is maintained. In this way, we can replace older, less safe cars with high emissions in favor of new, safer zero-emission cars. Good for the climate and the environment – good for consumers.
Fresh figures from Statistics Norway shows that it is useful. In fact, emissions from road traffic would be 35 percent higher in 2023 if it were not for cars that run on electricity and biofuel.
Norway has committed to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990. In 2023, road traffic accounted for 17 percent of Norway’s greenhouse gas emissions, and was thus the third largest source. In CO2, this amounts to 7.9 million tonnes, and almost all of it comes from petrol and diesel-powered vehicles.
Statistics Norway calculates that the total CO2 emissions would have been 10.6 million tonnes if electric cars and hybrids had been replaced with petrol and diesel, and biofuels had been replaced entirely with fossil fuels. But thanks to the climate measures we all know about, emissions are 35 per cent lower than they would have been without measures.
Together with the industry and mining sector, road traffic is the sector that has cut the most tonnes of CO2 equivalents in the last two years. Read more about this at SSB.