45% of New Cars Sold in Netherlands in 2024 Have a Plug!

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In a unfavorable month within the general market (down 12% to 35,386 gross sales), June noticed plugin registrations additionally drop by 15% YoY, to 16,089 items. Because of this, the Dutch plugin car (PEV) market reached 45% market share final month, consistent with the year-to-date common. That’s principally because of pure electrics (33% of latest car gross sales). With 11,816 registrations, pure electrics (BEVs) represented 73% of all plugin gross sales final month, above the YTD common of 70%.

Evaluating the present outcomes with 2023, we’re above the total yr rating (44% PEV, 31% BEV), and extra importantly, 3% above the outcomes offered 12 months in the past. With the assistance of latest fashions touchdown quickly, it factors to the chance that the Dutch EV market may attain the 50% mark already this yr, with BEVs at 36%! That may be some excellent news!

Wanting on the general auto gross sales desk, Tesla profited from a excessive tide within the Dutch market, scoring a #1 and #2 win in June, with the Mannequin Y main because of 1,768 items whereas the Mannequin 3 had its finest end in years by scoring 1,664 gross sales, little doubt influenced by the pre-tariff increase gross sales rush.

The additionally Made-in-China Volvo EX30 was third, with 1,172 gross sales, thus making a 100% BEV podium in the general market. The Kia Niro (52% plugin gross sales) took revenue from the extra items coming from the HEV model to take 4th place with 1,142 registrations, leaving the fifth place to the Volvo EX40/XC40 (82% of items have been plugins). It was thus a full 100% plugin podium within the Netherlands. That is one other signal of the merging of the plugin and general markets continues.

We should always spotlight that the #4 Kia Niro had a big change within the powertrain combine. Till just lately, the BEV model normally represented the vast majority of gross sales of the crossover, however in June, the BEV share dropped to 40%, whereas the HEV share of gross sales rose to 48%. Is the upcoming Kia EV3 already making a dent within the Niro EV orders? That may be a sturdy risk, because the EV3 is claimed to start out at 37,000 euros, some 2,000 euros beneath the present Kia Niro EV’s value. For patrons, it’s actually a no brainer — in the event that they wait a couple of extra months, they get a greater, cheaper, and extra fashionable mannequin.

As such, we would see the identical cannibalization course of among the many Kia EVs that we’re presently witnessing between the Volvo EX30 and its barely larger, older, and dearer XC40/EX40 sibling.

The very best promoting pure ICE mannequin within the general rating was solely eighth, with the little Toyota Aygo X successful that title. (We actually want small, low cost EVs….)

The plugin desk repeated the general high 5, whereas beneath them, the Ford Kuga PHEV was sixth, with 379 registrations, the crossover’s finest rating in 10 months. Slightly below it, now we have the BMW iX1, which continues to impress. It registered 355 items, its finest end in 2024.

Nonetheless on the highest half of the desk, the Polestar 2 was tenth, with 264 registrations, its finest end in over a yr, giving a lot wanted excellent news to the struggling startup model.

However the true information is within the second half of the desk, with three new fashions already making themselves seen. The Renault Scenic EV jumped to #11 in solely its 2nd month in the marketplace. The compact Renault, which went from being an MPV to a crossover on this newest technology (I suppose now we have to alter with the instances…) has already develop into Renault’s finest promoting EV by far. The 2nd finest promoting Renault, the Megane EV, had solely 117 registrations. How excessive will the French EV go? With costs beginning at 42,500 euros for the 430 km WTLP vary and 48,000 euros for the 625 km WLTP vary model, it is a aggressive mannequin within the class, so a high 10 place must be comparatively straightforward for it to attain.

And Renault actually wants a profitable mannequin within the coming months, as the new new Renault 5 is simply set to land late this yr.

One other mannequin touchdown with sturdy outcomes is the brand new Mini Cooper EV, which had 206 gross sales in June, the nameplate’s finest end in a yr. It will likely be fascinating to see how the brand new Made-in-China mannequin behaves within the subsequent few months, contemplating the current tariffs enhance for BEVs made in that nation.

Lastly, the most important shock of the month was the Skoda Kodiaq PHEV touchdown straight within the desk, in #20, with 180 registrations. The Czech midsize 7-seat SUV packs a giant(ish) 26 kWh battery and CCS charging, and it appears poised to develop into a daily presence within the high 20.

Exterior the most effective sellers desk, the rise and rise of the BMW i5 (169 registrations) continues. The large sedan has overwhelmed the remaining full dimension competitors, and the excellent news for BMW Group doesn’t cease there, because the Mini Countryman EV scored 129 items in solely its second month in the marketplace, which signifies that the ramp-up of the crossover is in full movement. We may see the German-made Brit attain the desk quickly.

Wanting on the 2024 ratingthe Tesla Mannequin Y has over 2,500 items of advance over the runner-up Volvo EX/XC40, which must be sufficient to stay snug within the lead and renew its 2023 finest vendor title.

However the runner-up spot is open for dialogue. With the EX/XC40 exhibiting its wrinkles (it has been in the marketplace since 2017)and with its youthful sibling EX30 and the Tesla Mannequin 3 fewer than 150 items behind the Belgian-made Swede, count on these final two to surpass it quickly and battle for the 2nd place between themselves. With each fashions being hit by the tariffs enhance, it will likely be fascinating to see how these two Made-in-China fashions will behave underneath the brand new guidelines.

One factor is for certain — with the Tesla Mannequin 3 certain to finish the yr on the rostrum, it will likely be the primary time since 2020 that the midsize sedan ends on the Dutch podium.

The Kia Niro closes out the highest 5, with no actual competitors in sight.

The Ford Kuga PHEV was up one spot, to eighth, cementing its management place within the plugin hybrid class, particularly for the reason that class runner-up, the Lynk & Co 01 PHEV, is slowly strolling into PHEV Heaven.

Within the second half of the desk, it’s a BMW bonanzawith three Beemers on the rise. The favored iX1 continued to go up, now to eleventh; the bread and butter 3 Collection PHEV climbed to sixteenth; all whereas its BEV cousin, the sportier i4 fastback, is now seventeenth. BMW is on a roll — not solely does it now have the large i5 taking on the total dimension class, however additionally it is forward of its German arch rivals within the two classes beneath. Not unhealthy, contemplating it’s the solely of the three utilizing multi-energy platforms.

Lastly, a observe is warranted on the #21 Porsche Cayenne PHEV (936 registrations) and the #22 Polestar 2 (929 registrations), that are each fairly near the #19 Renault Megane EV & Hyundai Tucson PHEV, each with 990 registrations. So, we would see some place adjustments right here in July.

Within the producer ratingchief Volvo continued to rise, now at 15.9%, up 0.2% from Could, whereas runner-up Tesla is at 15.3%, up 1.9%, because of its anticipated end-of-quarter peak. It seems to be just like the Swedish model may get well the producer title, which it had already received in 2022 however then misplaced to Tesla within the following yr.

In the meantime, now we have a place change in third, with Kia (8.8%, down from 8.9%) being surpassed by a robust BMW (8.9%, up 0.2%) because the German make appears set to repeat one other podium presence within the Dutch rating.

Lastly, in fifth, now we have a falling Mercedes (4.9% share, down 0.4%), which hasn’t managed to position any mannequin in Could’s high 20. It’s doable that rising Hyundai, now sixth, with 4.2% share, may surpass Mercedes quickly.

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Having a fast take a look at June’s general high 20, we will see the completely different dynamics presently taking place, with the closely electrified #3 Volvo being the quickest rising model (+156% YoY!) whereas #15 Opel (-55% YoY) and … #6 Volkswagen (-57% YoY!!!) have been the toughest hit with falling gross sales, and whereas Opel has new fashions coming quickly (new Grandland and new Frontera) to assist gross sales, Volkswagen has … crickets?

Though this might have been an allocation challenge — in spite of everything, Could was a optimistic month for the German make — it will likely be fascinating to see how the next months go for Volkswagen to know higher its future on this market.

As for OEMsthe chief, Geely–Volvo, is at 19.3% share, which is barely above the earlier month (19.1%) because of optimistic performances from Polestar and, above all, Volvo, which managed to offset Lynk & Co’s present gross sales blues.

Tesla is second, with 15.3% share, and behind it, now we have a shock, with a weak month from Volkswagen Group (12.8%, down from 13%), permitting Hyundai–Kia (13.1%) to surpass the German OEM and soar into third, which is one thing of a small feat, because the Korean OEM was fifth a yr in the past.

BMW Group (9.5%, up 0.3%) is fifth and continues on the rise, all whereas #6 Stellantis (7.9% down from 8.2% in Could) continues to slip, and it’s important to not neglect that the multinational conglomerate was in 2nd place on this market only a yr in the past.

True, Stellantis has a number of high-volume fashions coming in (Citroen e-C3 EV, Citroen e-C3 Aircross EV, Opel Frontera EV, Fiat Grande Panda EV, and many others.), however they might want to hit the bottom working, not solely as a result of they should cease the present gross sales bleed, but in addition as a result of the current tariffs enhance is a bandaid that grants European OEMs only a couple extra years to develop their efforts within the decrease finish of the market. And with Renault solely delivering excessive volumes of its Renault 5 subsequent yr and Volkswagen Group’s small EV fashions solely touchdown in 2026, it is a golden alternative to realize an early lead over their native competitors and set up sufficient scale within the subsequent couple of years to have the ability to have a preventing probability to face the Chinese language competitors head on — not solely in Europe, but in addition in Latin America, the place Chinese language OEMs are already making important inroads in markets the place Stellantis is historically a serious participant.