Netherlands: Plug-In Car Sales Keep Growing In May 2022

Almost a third of new passenger cars are rechargeable.

By: Mark Kane

Jun 18, 2022 at 10:25am ET

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Passenger car sales in the Netherlands are falling, just like in most of the other European markets. In May, the number of new registrations decreased by 7% year-over-year.

However, when it comes to plug-in electric cars, we can see that so far this year sales are up every month. According to EV Volumes' data shared by Jose Pontes, last month about 7,620 new plug-ins were registered. We estimate that the growth rate is around 27% year-over-year.

The market share is an impressive 32%, including 21% for all-electric cars - that's more than one in five new cars. BEVs are the main force of growth right now, with a year-over-year increase of 48%.

New plug-in car registrations:

BEVs: about *5,000 and 21% share
PHEVs: about *2,620 and 11% share
Total: 7,620 (32% share)

* estimated from the market share

Plug-in electric car sales in the Netherlands – May 2022

So far this year, over 37,000 plug-in electric cars were registered in the Netherlands, which is 31% of the market.

New plug-in car registrations year-to-date:

BEVs: about *21,990 and 18% share
PHEVs: about *15,880 and 13% share
Total: 37,873 (31% share)

* estimated from the market share

Model rank

The Dutch market is very specific with often an unusual composition of the best-selling plug-in compared to many other markets. In May, the three top-selling models (above 500 units), were the Chinese Lynk & Co 01 PHEV, Skoda Enyaq iV and Peugeot e-208.

Year-to-date, the Skoda Enyaq iV is still #1, but its advantage over the Lynk & Co 01 PHEV is just over 100 units. The race for the third place is also pretty close with the Volvo XC40 PHEV some 200 units ahead of the Kia Niro EV.

Top 10 last month:

Lynk & Co 01 PHEV - 553
Skoda Enyaq iV - 523
Peugeot e-208 - 507
Kia Niro EV (e-Niro) - 382
Ford Kuga PHEV - 280
Kia EV6 - 246
Audi Q4 e-tron - 242
Volvo XC40 PHEV - 202
BMW iX3 - 190
Citroën e-C4 - 184

Top 10 year-to-date:

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Skoda Enyaq iV - 2,302
Lynk & Co 01 PHEV - 2,196
Volvo XC40 PHEV - 1,664
Kia Niro EV (e-Niro) - 1,463
Audi Q4 e-tron - 1,229
Peugeot e-208 - 1,385
Kia EV6 - 1,141
Fiat 500 electric - 1,136
Ford Kuga PHEV - 865
Volvo XC60 PHEV - 840

In the case of the plug-in car brands year-to-date, the top ones are Volvo (11.4%), BMW (9.1%), Kia (8.8%), Skoda (6.8%) and Peugeot (6.8%).

Among the automotive groups, the ones with the highest number of registrations are the Volkswagen Group (20.8%), and Geely-Volvo (including Lynk & Co and Polestar) at 19%. The third is Stellantis (15.4%), followed by Hyundai-Kia (12.7%) and BMW Group (11.5%).