In november bilmodellen named Car of the Year Denmark 2020, and in the last month of 2019 was the electric car Tesla Model 3 as the most sold car in Denmark.

In december 2019, has 15.495 new passenger cars got license plate on, and the cars are 906 electric cars. Out of the 906 electric cars, which were sold in december 2019, was 587 of the model, the Tesla Model 3.

There are several reasons as to why elbilsalget has gained momentum in december, sounds from The Danish car importers.

Sales of electric cars thunders off. There are probably several reasons for this. The primary reason is that the danes have taken the green transition and want more environmentally friendly cars. In addition, there has been some uncertainty about whether the tax for electric cars would increase in 2020, and that is why many danes perhaps felt obliged to buy a car in 2019, before the tax could risk to rise, says Gunni Mikkelsen, director, Danish car importers.

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Not only was the Tesla Model 3 is the most selling car of all in december 2019. The model was also by far the most sold electric car in the whole of 2019. Here came 5224 new electric cars on the road at 1545 electric cars the year before.

Out of the 5224 selling electric cars in the last year was 2439 a copy of the Tesla Model 3.

tax increase called off
If some danes have felt the pressure to buy electric car in 2019, so it is not difficult to understand. The original plan was that the taxation of electric cars from the turn of the year should rise from 20 to 40 percent of the registration fee. Afgiftshoppet would initially hit the electric cars over 400.000 dkr., since an increase of bundfradraget also, next year would mean that electric cars under dkk 400,000. would effectively be exempt.

the FDM has previously figured on what the planned increases in excise duties had meant to the prices of popular electric cars in denmark. A Tesla Model 3 Performance would from the turn of the year rise by 18.142 kr., while buyers of the Tesla Model 3 in the Long Range, the Dual-Motor version would need to pay 4.524 kr. more. A Tesla Model X Long Range stood for a price spikes on the entire 104.222 kr.

When the government and its supporting parties entered into finanslovsaftale the planned increases in excise duties on electric cars, however, removed.

the Tesla Model 3 won as the first pure electric car the title of Car of the Year Denmark. By 2020-the crowning came the Peugeot 208 into second place.

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