Plug-in electric cars in the Netherlands once again outpaced non-rechargeable cars, expanding their market share to nearly half of all new car sales.
According to EV Volumes' data, shared by Jose Pontes, 13,916 new plug-in cars were registered last month, which is roughly 55 percent more than a year ago.
The overall market expanded slower - by 17 percent year-over-year to 29,855 - which enabled plug-ins to increase their market share to 47 percent. That's a pretty big jump from 35 percent a year ago. We might see a 50 percent share later this year.
The all-electric car market share amounted to 34 percent last month (about 10,000 units). That's about five times higher than in the United States.
Plug-in car registrations for the month:
- BEVs: about *10,000 and 34% market share
- PHEVs: about *3,900 and 13% market share
- Total: 13,916 (up 55%) and 47% market share
* estimated from the market share
Plug-in car registrations in the Netherlands – September 2023
So far this year, more than 121,000 new plug-in electric cars have been registered in the Netherlands, which is some 43 percent of the total market.
Plug-in car registrations year-to-date:
- BEVs: about *82,200 and 29% market share
- PHEVs: about *39,700 and 14% market share
- Total: 121,959 (up 70%) and 43% market share
* estimated from the market share
For reference, in 2022, more than 107,000 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in the Netherlands, which was 35 percent of the total market (compared to 30 percent in 2021).
Model rank
In September, the Tesla Model Y once again was the most registered new passenger car in the Netherlands (1,784), but this time with an even higher advantage over the others (the second best, the non-rechargeable Volkswagen Polo, noted only half of Tesla's result).
The other best-selling BEVs were the Volvo XC40 Recharge (673), Kia Niro EV (603), and Peugeot e-208 (523). One of the most interesting things was that the Volkswagen ID.4 was the 10th best-selling plug-in (272 units), far behind its cousin, the Skoda Enyaq iV, which sold 450 units.
Top 10 last month:
- Tesla Model Y - 1,784
- Volvo XC40 (BEV + PHEV) - 673 (597 BEVs + 76 PHEVs)
- Kia Niro (BEV + PHEV) - 603 (583 BEVs + 20 PHEVs)
- Peugeot e-208 - 523
- Skoda Enyaq iV - 450
- Peugeot e-2008 - 397
- BMW iX1 - 381
- MG 4 - 376
- Ford Kuga PHEV - 373
- Volkswagen ID.4 - 272
After nine months of the year, the Tesla Model Y is escaping from the pack with over 10,000 sales. The Volvo XC40 registrations exceeded 5,900, but only when counting all-electric and plug-in hybrids together.
Top 10 year-to-date:
- Tesla Model Y - 10,301
- Volvo XC40 (BEV + PHEV) - 5,906 (4,383 BEVs and 1,523 PHEVs)
- Lynk & Co 01 PHEV - 5,845
- Peugeot e-208 - 4,886
- Skoda Enyaq iV - 3,850
- Kia Niro (BEV + PHEV) - 3,506 (3,136 BEVs and 370 PHEVs)
- Ford Kuga PHEV - 3,208
- Tesla Model 3 - 3,136
- Volkswagen ID.4 - 3,121
- Renault Megane E-Tech - 2,913
The top plug-in car brands in the Netherlands in January-September were Tesla (11.3% share), BMW (8.4%), Volvo (8.3% share), Peugeot (7.1%), and Volkswagen (6.7%).
Among the automotive groups, the ones with the highest number of registrations are Stellantis (16.4%), Volkswagen Group (15.4%), Geely-Volvo (including Lynk & Co and Polestar) at 14.4%, Tesla (11.3%), and Hyundai-Kia (11.1%).
