EV model country Netherlands keeps steady growth rate

Is there a slowdown in EV sales? Should we go back to the classic gasoline car? This is not the case in the Netherlands, Europe’s country with the most outspoken EV acceptance rate after Norway.

The latest RAI-Bovag figures from November confirm its steady growth rate of 11.6% (114,765 registrations), compared to 102,849 registrations in eleven months in 2023.

The full-electric Tesla Model Y is the best-selling car overall, with 15,020 YTD, followed by the Kia Niro (1,367) and the Volvo EX30 (10,052 ).

41.8% increase

13,584 new electric cars were registered last month, an increase of 41.8 percent compared to the number of registrations in November last year (9,582 new electric vehicles).

Full EVs had a market share of 39,4% in November, almost on par with hybrids (all kinds mixed) of 39,6%. Among pure ICE cars, gasoline accounted for 19,9% and diesel a mere 0.6%.

The top-selling BMW is electric

Another omen that EVs are doing well is that the best-selling BMW in the Netherlands is electric. The iX1 (3,384) led over the first eleven months of 2024, before its ICE sibling X1 (2,458), while the i4 (1,829) is gaining on the popular 3-Series (2,318).

At Volkswagen, enthusiasm is cooling for the ID.4 (3,719 last year, now 1,342 ) while it was the best-selling model after the Polo (6,839) and the Up! (4,106) in the same period last year. Even so, for the ID.3 (from 1,574 to 3,033). The bigger VW ID.7 is making up for the loss with 978 registrations.

Another trend shown in the figures from January to November compared with last year is that Chinese EV brands like BYD are winning terrain (from 1,096 to 2,792) or Xpeng (from 225 to 1,063), except for MG, which saw its sales slow down from 5,204 to 2,024.