Netherlands: Plug-Ins Noted 45% Market Share In August 2023

Last month, the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling car overall.

By: Mark Kane

Sep 21, 2023 at 8:35am ET

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Plug-in electric car sales in the Netherlands remain at a very high level, just a few steps from becoming the majority of sales (over 50 percent share).

According to EV Volumes' data, shared by Jose Pontes, 12,518 new plug-in cars were registered last month, which is roughly 57 percent more than a year ago and about 45 percent of the total market (compared to 34 percent in August 2022).

All-electric cars already hold one third of the market (33 percent), both in August and after the first eight months of the year.

Plug-in hybrids represented about 12 percent of the market in August, but their share year-to-date is nine percent.

New plug-in car registrations:

BEVs: about *9,180 and 33% share
PHEVs: about *3,340 and 12% share
Total: 12,518 (up 57% year-over-year) and 45% share

* estimated from the market share

Plug-in electric car sales in the Netherlands – August 2023

So far this year, more than 108,000 new plug-in electric cars have been registered in the Netherlands, which is some 42 percent of the total market.

BEVs: about *74,000 and 29% share
PHEVs: about *33,000 and 13% share
Total: 108,043 (up 72% year-over-year) and 42% 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 August, the Tesla Model Y was the most registered new passenger car in the Netherlands (1,231 units), regardless of the powertrain.

The Tesla Model 3, with 751 units, was the second best-selling plug-in model (fourth overall), noticeably ahead of several other BEVs at 400-500 units each.

Top 10 last month:

Tesla Model Y - 1,231
Tesla Model 3 - 751
Kia Niro (BEV + PHEV) - 539 (519 BEVs + 20 PHEVs)
Peugeot e-208 - 517
Skoda Enyaq iV - 497
Ford Kuga PHEV - 420
BMW iX1 - 325
MG 4 - 302
Volkswagen ID.3 - 268
Volkswagen ID.4 - 260

It seems that the Model Y is now on track to become the best-selling electric car in the country in 2023, while the plug-in hybrid Lynk & Co 01 PHEV must watch its back.

A very interesting thing is that after eight months of the year, the Skoda Enyaq iV is ahead of its cousin, the Volkswagen ID.4. moreover, this difference is increasing.

Top 10 year-to-date:

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Tesla Model Y - 8,517
Lynk & Co 01 PHEV - 5,635
Volvo XC40 (BEV + PHEV) - 5,233 (3,786 BEVs and 1,447 PHEVs)
Peugeot e-208 - 4,343
Skoda Enyaq iV - 3,398
Tesla Model 3 - 3,107
Kia Niro (BEV + PHEV) - 2,903 (2,553 BEVs and 350 PHEVs)
Volkswagen ID.4 - 2,849
Ford Kuga PHEV - 2,835
Renault Megane E-Tech - 2,729

The top plug-in car brands in the Netherlands in January-August were: Tesla (11.1% share), Volvo (8.3% share), BMW (8.3%), Peugeot (7.0%), and Volkswagen (6.8%).

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 14.8%, Tesla (11.1%), and Hyundai-Kia (11.0%).