The development of the electric vehicle fleet will play a ‘crucial’ role in enabling Denmark to meet its 2030 climate targets, according to industry group Mobility Denmark.
According to the Danish government’s Klimastatus og -fremskrivning 2026 report, which examined Denmark‘s ability to meet its end-of-decade climate goals, transport will play a significant role in emissions reduction efforts, led by the rapid electrification of passenger cars in particular.
According to the government, emissions from the transport sector are set to almost halve between 2024 and 2030, with emissions from passenger cars alone expected to fall by around 52% over the period.
‘Significant recognition’
“This is a significant recognition of the development we are seeing in the car market,” commented Mads Rørvig, CEO of Mobility Denmark.
“Danes are choosing electric cars at a pace that seemed very ambitious a few years ago. Now we can see that it is not just changing the car fleet – it is also helping to bring Denmark to its climate policy goals.”
Electric vehicles accounted for around 84% of total passenger car sales in 2025, while by the end of the decade, EVs are expected to account for approximately 94% of new car sales.
Indeed, by next year, there could be as many as one million electric passenger cars on Denmark’s roads, according to Mobility Denmark.
“We are very close to a historic milestone,” Rørvig added. “When Denmark reaches one million electric cars, it will be clear proof that the green transition of the car fleet has moved from political ambitions to reality on the roads. But it will not happen by itself. It requires that electric cars continue to be an attractive choice for Danes.”
Registration tax
To support this growth, Mobility Denmark has called for the complete removal of Denmark’s registration tax on electric vehicles, replacing it with a taxation model based on the overall societal impact of vehicles. This, it said, would make it cheaper for consumers to ‘go electric’ and support the transition from petrol and diesel cars to EVs.
“The climate projection shows that cars provide a very large part of the answer to the climate challenge,” said Rørvig. “Therefore, we should also remove the barriers that continue to slow down development. If the registration tax on electric cars is abolished completely, and taxation follows the actual load of the cars to a greater extent, we can have an even greater climate effect, a newer and safer car fleet and a much simpler tax system.”
He added that Denmark has a “real opportunity to become a pioneer country for green mobility”, provided the momentum in EV adoption continues. Read more here.
