# Norway license plate: Electric

> The Norway electric license plate: format LL 99999, 1999 to today, car and van, cited to Statens vegvesen. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Norway license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway) (17 registration series).

![Norway license plate, Electric (1999 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/no/no-electric-1999/norway-license-plate-electric.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 99999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1999 → today |
| Class | electric |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `no-electric-1999` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/electric-1999) |

Sources:

- [Statens vegvesen, 'Felles bokstavkombinasjoner': 'Elektriskdrevet kjøretøy: EL EK EV EB EC ED EE EF EH EJ EN EP ER EA EU'.](https://www.vegvesen.no/kjoretoy/eie-og-vedlikeholde/skilt/skiltserier/)
- [2026-07-16): the EL series introduced 1 January 1999, and the approximate dates at which each later series opened.](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjennemerke_for_motorkj%C3%B8ret%C3%B8y_i_Norge)

## About this plate

THE EV LETTER SERIES. NOT A LEGAL CLASS, and this is an evidenced negative worth having: neither FOR-1990-01-25-92 kapittel 2 nor kjøretøyforskriften kapittel 39 mentions elbil, elektrisk drift or EL-kjennemerke anywhere. The allocation is made under the § 39-1 delegation and published only on the authority's website. No government page states it. The best available source is a 2016 TV2 report quoting Statens vegvesen ("De ble innført i 1999"); the more precise 1 January 1999 appears only on no.wikipedia, resting on that same report. Two sibling series are recorded on the same authority page and are NOT modelled separately, having no distinct design or period evidence: GA for gas-driven and HY for hydrogen-driven vehicles.

## How numbers are issued

Nationwide and NON-GEOGRAPHIC, an electric vehicle takes an E-series combination wherever in the country it is registered, which is exactly why these combinations are excluded from the trafikkstasjon allocation. Series are opened as each fills: EL first, then EK, and so on.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/no/no-electric-1999.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/norway?series=no-electric-1999
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/no` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "no-electric-1999"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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