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==History==
==History==
In the late 1980s to early 1990s, a few thousand of the small, one-person and locally produced ''[[CityEl|Ellert]]'' were sold in Denmark, but relatively few remain today.<ref>{{cite web| last=Hallenslev | first=Simon |title=Ellerten er et stykke dansk historie, som du kan købe for små penge | url=https://guide.dba.dk/motor/ellert-til-salg-historie | website=dba.dk | date=21 May 2020 | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref> In the following decade, very few electric cars were sold in Denmark, but a clear increase began around 2010.<ref name="bestand_modeller">{{cite web |url=http://www.danskelbilalliance.dk/Statistik/Bestand_modeller.aspx|title=Dansk Elbil Alliance – Bestand af elbiler i Danmark|work=danskelbilalliance.dk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006030304/http://www.danskelbilalliance.dk/Statistik/Bestand_modeller.aspx|archive-date=6 October 2015|lang=da}}</ref> This initial increase peaked at 4,329 new all-electric cars (BEVs) sold in 2015,<ref name=Berlingske20Feb>{{cite news| last=Valeur | first=Simon | date=20 February 2017 | title=Motoren er gået i stå for dansk salg af elbiler | url=https://www.berlingske.dk/virksomheder/motoren-er-gaaet-i-staa-for-dansk-salg-af-elbiler | publisher=Berlingske | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref> out of a total of 207,717 new cars sold that year.<ref>{{cite web| title=Bilsalg slog alle rekorder i 2015 | date=5 January 2016 | url=https://www.hvilkenbil.dk/bilsalg-slog-alle-rekorder-i-2015/ | publisher=hvilkenbil.dk | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref> In that year, Denmark was also the second largest European market for light-duty, plug-in commercial vehicles or utility vans, with over 2,600 plug-in vans sold that year, representing 8.5% of all vans sold. Most vans were plug-in hybrids, accounting for almost all EU plug-in van sales.<ref name="FRAtopEvan">{{cite web |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/sites/te/files/publications/TE%20EV%20Report%202016%20FINAL.pdf|title=Electric Vehicles in Europe – 2016: Approaching adolescence|last=Fergusson|first=Malcolm|date=October 2016|work=[[European Federation for Transport and Environment|Transport & Environment]]|access-date=13 October 2016}} ''See pp. 15–16.''</ref>
In the late 1980s to early 1990s, a few thousand of the small, one-person and locally produced ''[[CityEl|Ellert]]'' were sold in Denmark, but relatively few remain today.<ref>{{cite web| last=Hallenslev | first=Simon |title=Ellerten er et stykke dansk historie, som du kan købe for små penge | url=https://guide.dba.dk/motor/ellert-til-salg-historie | website=dba.dk | date=21 May 2020 | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref> In the following decade, very few electric cars were sold in Denmark, but a clear increase began around 2010.<ref name="bestand_modeller">{{cite web |url=http://www.danskelbilalliance.dk/Statistik/Bestand_modeller.aspx|title=Dansk Elbil Alliance – Bestand af elbiler i Danmark|work=danskelbilalliance.dk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006030304/http://www.danskelbilalliance.dk/Statistik/Bestand_modeller.aspx|archive-date=6 October 2015|lang=da}}</ref>


Up to and including 2015, electric cars had been exempt from vehicle registration tax, but it was decided that this would be gradually outphased: In 2016, the vehicle registration tax for electric cars was placed at 20% of the normal rate, in 2017 it was planned to increase to 40% and within five years it would become the full rate. This had a large effect on the sale, which drastically fell in 2016–17.<ref name=Berlingske20Feb/> As a consequence, it was decided that the increase in vehicle registration tax for electric vehicles would be delayed, being capped at 20% of the normal rate in 2017–19, then gradually increasing until 2023 where it would become the full rate. A new fund for [[fuel cell vehicle]]s was also started.<ref name="DenmarkResumption">{{cite web |url=https://electrek.co/2017/04/19/denmark-electric-vehicle-incentive/|title=Denmark to relaunch its electric vehicle market with incentives after a year with almost no sales|author=Fred Lambert|date=19 April 2017|publisher=Electritec}}</ref> This reversed the falling pattern of 2016–17, but only in 2019 did the sale surpass 2015, with 5,524 all-electric cars and an additional 3,885 plug-in hybrids, out of a total of 225,594 new cars sold in 2019.<ref name=Bilimp1Jan>{{cite web | title=Personbilsalget 2019 | url=https://www.bilimp.dk/nyheder/personbilsalget-2019/ | date=1 January 2020 | publisher=De Danske Bilimportører | access-date=2 January 2022 | archive-date=2 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102212643/https://www.bilimp.dk/nyheder/personbilsalget-2019/ | url-status=dead |lang=da}}</ref> The strong increase continued in the next year, with 14,219 all-electric cars and an additional 18,235 plug-in hybrids, out of a total of 198,982 new cars sold in 2020 (the overall fall in car sales compared to the years before was attributed to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and its global effect on car production, trade and supplies).<ref name=DST2Jan>{{cite web| title=Salget af nye personbiler faldt med 12 pct. i 2020 | url=https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=31068 | date= | publisher=[[Statistics Denmark]] | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Arent | first=Torben | date=2 January 2021 | title=2020 slutter med elbil-fyrværkeri | url=https://fdm.dk/nyheder/nyt-om-biler/2021-01-2020-slutter-med-elbil-fyrvaerkeri | publisher=FDM | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref>
Up to and including 2015, electric cars had been exempt from vehicle registration tax, but it was decided that this would be gradually outphased: In 2016, the vehicle registration tax for electric cars was placed at 20% of the normal rate, in 2017 it was planned to increase to 40% and within five years it would become the full rate. This had a large effect on the sale, which drastically fell in 2016–17.<ref name=Berlingske20Feb/> As a consequence, it was decided that the increase in vehicle registration tax for electric vehicles would be delayed, being capped at 20% of the normal rate in 2017–19, then gradually increasing until 2023 where it would become the full rate. A new fund for [[fuel cell vehicle]]s was also started.<ref name="DenmarkResumption">{{cite web |url=https://electrek.co/2017/04/19/denmark-electric-vehicle-incentive/|title=Denmark to relaunch its electric vehicle market with incentives after a year with almost no sales|author=Fred Lambert|date=19 April 2017|publisher=Electritec}}</ref>


In 2020, a new taxation deal was reached, valid for all cars from 2021 to 2030. Its rates depend heavily on the {{CO2}}-emission of the car. This means that vehicle registration tax for all-electric cars (BEVs) that cost less than 510,000 [[Danish krone|DKK]] (€68,500) will remain very low with a slower than initially planned gradual increase to normal levels, most plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) will increase from 2021 but remain lower than gasoline and diesel cars, and diesel cars will increase. The goal of this plan is to have at least 775,000 electric cars (BEV or PHEV) by 2030. Combined with other plans, it is the goal to have at least 1 million zero-emission or low-emission cars by 2030 and that no new gasoline or diesel cars will be sold in the country from that year.<ref name=FM2020>{{cite web| title=Aftale mellem regeringen, Radikale Venstre, Socialistisk Folkeparti og Enhedslisten om: Grøn omstilling af vejtransporten (4. december 2020) | url=https://fm.dk/media/18511/aftale-om-groen-omstilling-af-vejtransporten_a.pdf | publisher=Ministry of Finance (Denmark) | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Arent | first=Torben | date=4 December 2020 | title=Elbiler fredes i stor, grøn reform | url=https://fdm.dk/nyheder/nyt-om-biler/2020-12-elbiler-fredes-stor-groen-reform | publisher=FDM | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref> In 2021, which some referred to as the real breakthrough year for electric cars in Denmark, 24,917 all-electric cars and an additional 40,464 plug-in hybrids were sold, out of a total of 185,328 new cars. December 2021 was the first month where electric cars made up the majority of car sales, with all-electric cars accounting for 27% and plug-in hybrids for 31%.<ref name=Reuters2Jan>{{cite news | title=Bilåret 2021 var helt elektrisk | url=https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/bilaret-2021-var-helt-elektrisk?publisherId=13559753&releaseId=13639793 | date=2 January 2022 | publisher=Ritzau | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref><ref name=TV2Jan2>{{cite news | title=Over halvdelen af de solgte biler i december kan køre på strøm | url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/business/2022-01-02-over-halvdelen-af-de-solgte-biler-i-december-kan-kore-pa-strom | date=2 January 2022 | publisher=TV2 | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref><ref name=DR2Jan>{{cite news | title=I december blev der for første gang solgt flest biler med elmotor | url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/i-december-blev-der-foerste-gang-solgt-flest-biler-med-elmotor | date=2 January 2022 | publisher=DR | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref> While it is expected that the sale of all-electric cars (BEVs) will continue to increase, it is expected that plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) will stall or decrease because of the new tax rules.<ref name=Reuters2Jan/><ref name=DR2Jan/>
In 2020, a new taxation deal was reached, valid for all cars from 2021 to 2030. Its rates depend heavily on the {{CO2}}-emission of the car. This means that vehicle registration tax for all-electric cars (BEVs) that cost less than 510,000 [[Danish krone|DKK]] (€68,500) will remain very low with a slower than initially planned gradual increase to normal levels, most plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) will increase from 2021 but remain lower than gasoline and diesel cars, and diesel cars will increase. The goal of this plan is to have at least 775,000 electric cars (BEV or PHEV) by 2030. Combined with other plans, it is the goal to have at least 1 million zero-emission or low-emission cars by 2030 and that no new gasoline or diesel cars will be sold in the country from that year.<ref name=FM2020>{{cite web| title=Aftale mellem regeringen, Radikale Venstre, Socialistisk Folkeparti og Enhedslisten om: Grøn omstilling af vejtransporten (4. december 2020) | url=https://fm.dk/media/18511/aftale-om-groen-omstilling-af-vejtransporten_a.pdf | publisher=Ministry of Finance (Denmark) | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Arent | first=Torben | date=4 December 2020 | title=Elbiler fredes i stor, grøn reform | url=https://fdm.dk/nyheder/nyt-om-biler/2020-12-elbiler-fredes-stor-groen-reform | publisher=FDM | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref>


==Statistics==
==Statistics==
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!Year
!Year
!2015<ref name=Berlingske20Feb>{{cite news| last=Valeur | first=Simon | date=20 February 2017 | title=Motoren er gået i stå for dansk salg af elbiler | url=https://www.berlingske.dk/virksomheder/motoren-er-gaaet-i-staa-for-dansk-salg-af-elbiler | publisher=Berlingske | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref>
!2015<ref name=Berlingske20Feb/>
!2016<ref name=Berlingske20Feb/>
!2016<ref name=Berlingske20Feb/>
!2017<ref name=Bilimp1Jan/><ref>{{cite news| last=Godske | first=Bjørn | date=9 January 2018 | title=Antallet af elbiler i Danmark stod næsten stille i 2017 | url=https://ing.dk/artikel/antallet-elbiler-danmark-stod-naesten-stille-2017-209776 | publisher=Ingeniøren | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref>
!2017<ref name=Bilimp1Jan>{{cite web | title=Personbilsalget 2019 | url=https://www.bilimp.dk/nyheder/personbilsalget-2019/ | date=1 January 2020 | publisher=De Danske Bilimportører | access-date=2 January 2022 | archive-date=2 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102212643/https://www.bilimp.dk/nyheder/personbilsalget-2019/ | url-status=dead |lang=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Godske | first=Bjørn | date=9 January 2018 | title=Antallet af elbiler i Danmark stod næsten stille i 2017 | url=https://ing.dk/artikel/antallet-elbiler-danmark-stod-naesten-stille-2017-209776 | publisher=Ingeniøren | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref>
!2018<ref name=Bilimp1Jan/>
!2018<ref name=Bilimp1Jan/>
!2019<ref name=Bilimp1Jan/>
!2019<ref name=Bilimp1Jan/>
!2020<ref name=DST2Jan>{{cite web| title=Salget af nye personbiler faldt med 12 pct. i 2020 | url=https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=31068 | date= | publisher=[[Statistics Denmark]] | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref>
!2020<ref name=DST2Jan/>
!2021<ref name=Reuters2Jan>{{cite news | title=Bilåret 2021 var helt elektrisk | url=https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/bilaret-2021-var-helt-elektrisk?publisherId=13559753&releaseId=13639793 | date=2 January 2022 | publisher=Ritzau | access-date=2 January 2022 |lang=da}}</ref>
!2021<ref name=Reuters2Jan/>
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{{as of|2022|6}}, 60% of all electric vehicles sold in Denmark were used.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/26/the-used-ev-market-in-denmark-is-booming/|work=CleanTechnica|date=2022-08-26|access-date=2022-09-20|title=The Used EV Market In Denmark Is Booming|first=Jesper|last=Berggreen}}</ref>
{{as of|2022|6}}, 60% of all electric vehicles sold in Denmark were used.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/26/the-used-ev-market-in-denmark-is-booming/|work=CleanTechnica|date=2022-08-26|access-date=2022-09-20|title=The Used EV Market In Denmark Is Booming|first=Jesper|last=Berggreen}}</ref>

In 2015, Denmark was the second largest European market for light-duty, plug-in commercial vehicles or utility vans, with over 2,600 plug-in vans sold that year, representing 8.5% of all vans sold. Most vans were plug-in hybrids, accounting for almost all EU plug-in van sales.<ref name="FRAtopEvan">{{cite web |url=https://www.transportenvironment.org/sites/te/files/publications/TE%20EV%20Report%202016%20FINAL.pdf|title=Electric Vehicles in Europe – 2016: Approaching adolescence|last=Fergusson|first=Malcolm|date=October 2016|work=[[European Federation for Transport and Environment|Transport & Environment]]|access-date=13 October 2016}} ''See pp. 15–16.''</ref>


==Public transportation==
==Public transportation==

Revision as of 19:47, 20 September 2022

As of 31 December 2021, there were 144,498 electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrid vehicles) registered in Denmark, equivalent to 5% of all vehicles in the country.[1]

History

In the late 1980s to early 1990s, a few thousand of the small, one-person and locally produced Ellert were sold in Denmark, but relatively few remain today.[2] In the following decade, very few electric cars were sold in Denmark, but a clear increase began around 2010.[3]

Up to and including 2015, electric cars had been exempt from vehicle registration tax, but it was decided that this would be gradually outphased: In 2016, the vehicle registration tax for electric cars was placed at 20% of the normal rate, in 2017 it was planned to increase to 40% and within five years it would become the full rate. This had a large effect on the sale, which drastically fell in 2016–17.[4] As a consequence, it was decided that the increase in vehicle registration tax for electric vehicles would be delayed, being capped at 20% of the normal rate in 2017–19, then gradually increasing until 2023 where it would become the full rate. A new fund for fuel cell vehicles was also started.[5]

In 2020, a new taxation deal was reached, valid for all cars from 2021 to 2030. Its rates depend heavily on the CO2-emission of the car. This means that vehicle registration tax for all-electric cars (BEVs) that cost less than 510,000 DKK (€68,500) will remain very low with a slower than initially planned gradual increase to normal levels, most plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) will increase from 2021 but remain lower than gasoline and diesel cars, and diesel cars will increase. The goal of this plan is to have at least 775,000 electric cars (BEV or PHEV) by 2030. Combined with other plans, it is the goal to have at least 1 million zero-emission or low-emission cars by 2030 and that no new gasoline or diesel cars will be sold in the country from that year.[6][7]

Statistics

Total of new battery electric vehicles registered per year
Year 2015[4] 2016[4] 2017[8][9] 2018[8] 2019[8] 2020[10] 2021[1]
Total new BEV registrations 4329 1316 698 1545 5524 14219 24917
BEV % of total new registrations 2.1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.7% 2.4% 7.1% 13.4%
Total new PHEV registrations – – 620 3127 3885 18235 40464
PHEV % of total new registrations – – 0.3% 1.4% 1.7% 9.2% 21.8%

As of June 2022, 60% of all electric vehicles sold in Denmark were used.[11]

In 2015, Denmark was the second largest European market for light-duty, plug-in commercial vehicles or utility vans, with over 2,600 plug-in vans sold that year, representing 8.5% of all vans sold. Most vans were plug-in hybrids, accounting for almost all EU plug-in van sales.[12]

Public transportation

In 2020, the municipalities of Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg, Vejle and Frederiksberg announced plans to end purchases of non-electric buses by the end of the year.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bilåret 2021 var helt elektrisk" (in Danish). Ritzau. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ Hallenslev, Simon (21 May 2020). "Ellerten er et stykke dansk historie, som du kan købe for små penge". dba.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Dansk Elbil Alliance – Bestand af elbiler i Danmark". danskelbilalliance.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Valeur, Simon (20 February 2017). "Motoren er gået i stå for dansk salg af elbiler" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ Fred Lambert (19 April 2017). "Denmark to relaunch its electric vehicle market with incentives after a year with almost no sales". Electritec.
  6. ^ "Aftale mellem regeringen, Radikale Venstre, Socialistisk Folkeparti og Enhedslisten om: Grøn omstilling af vejtransporten (4. december 2020)" (PDF) (in Danish). Ministry of Finance (Denmark). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ^ Arent, Torben (4 December 2020). "Elbiler fredes i stor, grøn reform" (in Danish). FDM. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "Personbilsalget 2019" (in Danish). De Danske Bilimportører. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  9. ^ Godske, Bjørn (9 January 2018). "Antallet af elbiler i Danmark stod næsten stille i 2017" (in Danish). Ingeniøren. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Salget af nye personbiler faldt med 12 pct. i 2020" (in Danish). Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ^ Berggreen, Jesper (26 August 2022). "The Used EV Market In Denmark Is Booming". CleanTechnica. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  12. ^ Fergusson, Malcolm (October 2016). "Electric Vehicles in Europe – 2016: Approaching adolescence" (PDF). Transport & Environment. Retrieved 13 October 2016. See pp. 15–16.
  13. ^ "Biggest Danish cities to only buy electric buses from 2021". electrive.com. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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