Norway is not an EU member, but through the EEA agreement it applies the EU's whole-vehicle type-approval framework in full. A model holding EU WVTA with a Certificate of Conformity (CoC) can be registered in Norway without re-approval.
Approval routes
For volume sales, the standard route is whole-vehicle type approval from any EU member state's approval authority — valid directly in Norway. Small batches and pilot cars can instead use single-vehicle approval (enkeltgodkjenning), inspected car by car by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
Watch the software details: the regulatory limits on driver-assistance features, data compliance (GDPR applies throughout the EEA) and vehicle cybersecurity regulations (UN R155/R156) all need resolving during the approval phase.
The tax picture
Norway levies no import duty on passenger cars and has not adopted the EU's countervailing tariffs on Chinese-built EVs — the most direct cost advantage versus EU markets.
The main EV-relevant charges are a one-off weight-based tax and VAT. The historic full VAT exemption for EVs is being phased out: since 2026, the first NOK 300,000 of the purchase price is VAT-free, with 25% VAT on the amount above that. In December 2025, the government and its budget partners (SV, MDG) agreed on what comes next: the threshold is planned to drop to NOK 150,000 in the 2027 budget, then be removed entirely in the 2028 budget. That plan is still conditional on ESA approval and not yet finally locked in; the exact figures will be confirmed in the 2027 state budget, due 7 October 2026. Landed-cost models should always use the current year's state-budget rates — building that model is the first step of every pricing engagement we run.
On the budget agreement (Norwegian): Budsjettforliket: Likevel ikke full elbil-moms fra 2027, TV2 Broom
Registration
After customs clearance, vehicles are registered in the Public Roads Administration's digital system. The process is highly digitised; with complete documents a car can be registered within days. What takes time is never the registration itself — it is the approval documents, tax registrations and dealer setup that come before it.