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Netherlands: One Step Closer To Achieving 50% EV Share In September 2023

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:

  1. Tesla Model Y - 1,784
  2. Volvo XC40 (BEV + PHEV) - 673 (597 BEVs + 76 PHEVs)
  3. Kia Niro (BEV + PHEV) - 603 (583 BEVs + 20 PHEVs)
  4. Peugeot e-208 - 523
  5. Skoda Enyaq iV - 450
  6. Peugeot e-2008 - 397
  7. BMW iX1 - 381
  8. MG 4 - 376
  9. Ford Kuga PHEV - 373
  10. 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:

  1. Tesla Model Y - 10,301
  2. Volvo XC40 (BEV + PHEV) - 5,906 (4,383 BEVs and 1,523 PHEVs)
  3. Lynk & Co 01 PHEV - 5,845
  4. Peugeot e-208 - 4,886
  5. Skoda Enyaq iV - 3,850
  6. Kia Niro (BEV + PHEV) - 3,506 (3,136 BEVs and 370 PHEVs)
  7. Ford Kuga PHEV - 3,208
  8. Tesla Model 3 - 3,136
  9. Volkswagen ID.4 - 3,121
  10. 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%).

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