OSLO (Reuters) -Tesla's (TSLA) sales of new cars in Norway rose by 213% in May from a year ago to 2,600 vehicles, registration data showed on Monday,

The electric vehicle maker's sales got a boost from a revamp to its Model Y compact SUV, the country's best-selling automobile in each of the last three years.

Sales rose by 8.3% year to date, compared with the first five months of 2024.

Nine out of ten new cars sold in Norway last year were fully electric vehicles, and the EV share of sales year-to-date stands at 92.7%, the Norwegian Road Federation said, bringing it close to a goal of phasing out diesel and petrol automobiles.

Tesla, which has seen declining sales in Europe this year amid CEO Elon Musk's embrace of far-right politics, offers zero-interest loans in Norway and several other countries to buyers who take delivery of a new Model Y by the end of June.

Meanwhile, Tesla's new car sales in Sweden fell 53.7% in May from a year earlier to 503 vehicles, registration data from Mobility Sweden showed on Monday.

(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Louise Rasmussen)