(Bloomberg) -- Booming sales of Tesla Inc.'s Model 3 meant that 45% of all cars sold in the first half of this year in Norway were electric.
That's up from 31% share in 2018. Tesla's Model 3 accounted for 13.5% of all new cars registered in the first six months, according to data released by the Norwegian Information Council for Road Traffic (OFV) on Monday.
Read more here on Tesla's success in Norway.
The sale of petrol-fueled cars declined about 29% compared to the same period last year.
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