Norway has long been the world’s leading adopter of electric vehicles (EVs), with a well established market share in the high 90s, and now another Nordic neighbour has joint it at the pinnacle of the EV transition.
The latest data from Denmark shows that 97 per cent of vehicles bought by private buyers in the month of July were full battery electric. A total of 14,562 new passenger cars were registered in Denmark in July, including 11,672 battery electric vehicles (BEVs). That accounted for 80.2 per cent of the total number of registrations, and 97 per cent of private purchases.
“The electric car has become the natural choice for almost all Danes when they buy a new car,” said Mads Rørvig, CEO of Mobility Denmark.
“When 97 percent of new cars for private individuals are electric cars, it shows how far the green transition of the car market has come.”
It also paves the way for the next Danish milestone, with Mobility Denmark expecting the number of BEVs on Danish roads to surpass the one million mark early next year. This has been driven by increasing BEV popularity throughout 2026, accounting for 79.9 per cent of all new registrations through the first six months of the year.
Norway continued to lead the way, with BEVs accounting for 97.6 per cent of all newly registered cars in July, according to the country’s Road Traffic Information Council (OFV).
Norway and Denmark have also built up the largest BEV footprint in Europe, accounting for 34.3 per cent of the total car fleet in Norway and 22.4 per cent in Denmark.
The popularity of BEVs in the Nordic countries is not limited to Norway and Denmark, however, with Finland reporting that 48.3 per cent of newly registered passenger cars in July were fully electric.
And across the North Sea in the Netherlands, BEVs accounted for 47.3 per cent of newly registered cars in July.
