Norway is the first country in the world with more electric vehicles than gas-powered cars on the road, according to vehicle registration data the Norwegian road federation, known as OFV, released Tuesday.

(CNN) - Norway has reached a significant milestone. It is now the first country to have more electric vehicles than pure gas-powered cars on the road. The Norwegian Road Federation says of its nearly 3,000,000 registered passenger vehicles, 26% are fully electric, slightly higher than gas vehicles.

Electric car registrations outpace gas-powered for the first time this month, thanks in part to tax breaks funded by a booming petroleum business.

Electric passenger vehicles now outnumber gasoline cars on the roads in Norway, according to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV).

Electric cars outnumber gas-powered cars in Norway for the first time ever, an industry organisation said on Tuesday. Of the 2.8 million private cars registered in the Scandinavian country, 754,303 are all-electric,

The number of electric cars has overtaken petrol models in Norway, the country's road federation said on Wednesday, while the number of diesel cars is also falling. Of the 2.8 million registered passenger cars in the country,