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The world's leading electric vehicle market? It's Norway

Norway is leading the worlds electric vehicle market, having registered its 50,000th electric car in April of this year.

By Jayleen R. Heft | Updated on August 03, 2015

Norway is leading the world’s electric vehicle market, having registered its 50,000th electric car in April of this year. In the first quarter of 2015, 8,112 plug-in electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles were sold in Norway, accounting for a third of the country’s total vehicle registrations, according to IHS Automotive.

While 14,832 electric vehicles were registered in the United States in Q1 of 2015, that number represents only 0.8% of all the vehicles registered in the U.S., compared to Norway’s 33.1%.

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Jayleen R. Heft

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Jayleen Heft is the digital content editor for PropertyCasualty360.com. Contact her at [email protected].

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