Recently, the demand for electric cars has started to increase. Especially the increase in fuel prices around the world has led many people to buy electric vehicles. Although we see this change in many countries, Norway is undoubtedly ahead of all. When we look at the latest data, we see that the sales of electric vehicles occupy a very important place.
In this context, South Korean automaker Hyundai announced that as of January 1, 2023, it will only sell electric cars in the country. In his statements, the company manager stated that the demand for the Ioniq 6 model had a great impact on this.
“We have great faith in our model portfolio and now that we have launched the all-new IONIQ 6, it is time to only sell fully electric cars in the Norwegian market. The IONIQ 5 and KONA Electric have long positioned themselves as some of the most popular cars on the market, and our pure electric cars are giving us a continuous future. We are confident that he will take it successfully.”
In fact, before this announcement, there was a statement from the company that only rechargeable hybrid vehicles would be sold in Norway. With the latest announcement, only Kona Electric, Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 will be sold in the country. It was stated that this change will not hinder the company’s business in the country.
Hyundai thinks that approximately 93 percent of total automobile sales in 2022 will be fully electric models. In 2020 and 2021, this rate was around 90 percent. In addition, according to the reports, 92 percent of the vehicles sold by the company in the country between 2020-2022 consisted of fully electric models. With the introduction of new electric Hyundai models in the coming periods, the number of vehicles of the company in the country will increase.