Posted on 11/25/2025 1:05:58 PM PST by SmokingJoe
Tesla shattered Norway’s decade-old annual sales record this month, overtaking Volkswagen’s long-standing milestone with over one month still left in the year. Backed by surging demand ahead of Norway’s upcoming VAT changes, Tesla has already registered 26,666 vehicles year-to-date, surpassing Volkswagen’s 2016 record of 26,572 units.
With November alone delivering 4,260 new registrations month-to-date, Tesla has cemented its most dominant year ever in one of Europe’s most mature EV markets.
Model Y drives historic surge in Norway Tesla’s impressive momentum has been led overwhelmingly by the Model Y, which accounted for 21,517 of Norway’s registrations this year, as noted in a CarUp report, citing data from Elbil Statistik. The Model 3 followed with 5,087 units, while the Model S and Model X contributed 30 and 19 vehicles, respectively. Even the parallel-imported Cybertruck made the charts with 13 registrations.
Demand intensified sharply through autumn as Norwegian buyers rushed to secure deliveries before the country’s VAT changes take effect in January. The new regulation is expected to add roughly NOK 50,000 to the price of a Model Y, prompting a wave of early purchases that helped lift Tesla beyond the previous all-time record well before year-end.
With December still ahead, Tesla is positioned to extend its historic lead further. Needless to say, it appears that Norway will prove to be one of Tesla’s strongest markets in Europe.
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Musk is a cheap labor express whore.
I finally saw the interiors and features of the ‘ugly at a distance Tesla’ truck, now I can understand why some moneyed people are attracted to them, they are definitely a statement, a style, and with some cool features.
From photos I was in the dark about what their appeal could possibly be, but now I get it.
Norway is ideal country for EV’s. Plenty of cheap hydro power and also oil wells in ocean.
My SIL drives a Tesla 5 door and he loves it. My daughter and him just drove cross country from Seattle to NYC in their Tesla.
How nice.
I stopped in Arizona a couple of weeks ago at a quick stop that had about 28 electric charger stations in a lot next door and saw a lot of electric cars and Teslas.
Pretty much everyone lives in Oslo, anyway.
Your sister in law is a him? Yikes!😳
Does she have the full self driving feature? If so, what does she think?
What kind of wages do Tesla workers earn?
📊 Complete Salary Table — Tesla Norway + Engineering Roles (NOK → USD)
Role / Estimate NOK USD (approx.)
Service Tech (Oslo) 460,000/year $44,900/year
Average Tesla Norway Employee 610,000/year $59,500/year
General Engineer (Avg.) 984,246/year $96,000/year
Software Engineer (Median) 832,046/year $81,000/year
Engineer — Entry Level 685,886/year $66,900/year
Engineer — Senior Level 1,223,581/year $119,000/year
The EVs are highly incentivized. Gas car purchasers pay VAT (EVa are exempt) that can be 10k or more as well as penalties more or less equal to the car value. And there is more. This is bribed / forced, not free choice by consumers.
Approximately 88–92% of Norway's electricity production comes from hydropower, depending on the exact year and water reservoir levels.
He is the ultimate job stealing wage killing H-1B visa pimp.
Son in law ! Whew!!!!
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