(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.

Hot on the heels of still-dominant diesel cars, electric vehicles now outnumber petrol models for the first time in oil-rich Norway, a world first that puts the country on track to taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road.

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

Of the 2.8 million private cars registered in the Scandinavian country, 754,303 are all-electric, compared to 753,905 that run on petrol, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said in a statement.

Norway is the first country in which more electric cars than petrol cars are registered. However, vehicles with diesel engines are still in the lead.

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

There's a country, in northern Europe, where the electric car has overtaken the petrol car. Thanks to tax incentives, more than half Norwegians have chosen volts over octane ratings. Despite the cold,