Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Netherlands March 2015

Only Third this month

GTE is Down Edition

1.863 new EV's found home last month in the Netherlands, only ten sales above the same month last year, but with the first sales quarter ending with 5.792 units, we are still on target to beat the historical result of 2013 (23.170 units in total).

The Golf GTE is losing steam (289 units), not only losing the monthly leadership for the Outlander PHEV (353 sales), but also losing for its Audi cousin, the A3 e-Tron (291 units, personal best). A mere blip or is the GTE losing strength? 

Underlining a strong March for Nissan across the world, both the Leaf and the e-NV200 had memorable results (198 for the car, 68 for the van), with the Leaf beating its own pernsonal best in this market. As a result, both climbed significantly in the chart, with the e-NV200 rising to five positions to #11 (Best Selling LCV) and the Leaf up three positions to #7. 

Despite beating its own record, the Leaf isn't the Best Selling pure electric, that honour goes to the Tesla Model S, which has sold 266 units last month and is now #5 in the chart, with 424 units.





Final mention for the brands ranking, VW leads with 28%, followed by Mitsubishi ( 21%) and Volvo in Third (14%).

PlNetherlandsMar.YTD%'14Pl
1
2
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 
289
353
1.584
1.227
27
21
6
1
3Volvo V60 Plug-In217835142
4Audi A3 e-Tron2915751012
5
6
Tesla Model S
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
266
56
424
243
7
4
3
17
7
8
Nissan Leaf
Smart Fortwo ED
198
1
240
181
4
3
4
8
9
10
11
BMW i3
Renault Zoe
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
39
9
68
94
81
76
2
1
1
5
7
17
12BMW i81047114
13
14
Ford C-Max Energi
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
8
4
39
28
1
0
N/A
10
15Mercedes S500 Plug-In e)15220N/A
15
17
Volkswagen e-Up!
Volkswagen e-Golf
12
3
22
20
0
0
13
19
18
19
20
20

22
22
22
Mercedes B-Class ED
Kia Soul EV
Opel Ampera
Renault Kangoo ZE

Renault Twizy
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Ford Focus Electric
10
9
2
3


1
2
16
13
9
9

3
2
2
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
N/A
18 +2
16
N/A

15
20
23

TOTAL1.8635.792100


Source: RAI.nl

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7 comments:

  1. PHEVs absolutely hammering BEVs in the Netherlands then.
    Where the dice are not drastically loaded against them in the incentive and tax perks, I would expect that to normally be the case.

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    1. In the Netherlands the dice is loaded in favor of PHEVs against BEVs.

      On a neutral field PHEVs would win against ~85 mile BEVs but not 250 mile BEVs.

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  2. I get your argument, but you have to specify your cost assumptions for that to be the case.

    The more battery costs drop and energy density increases, the better for BEVs, but that would also help PHEVs and charging issues for longer range remain,

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    1. About charging issues for longer range: in the Netherlands we have a network of fast chargers: www.fastned.nl

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  3. Akiharu MuraseApril 09, 2015

    Please update Canada March 2015.

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    1. You are getting really annoying...

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  4. You still have to fool around waiting for it to charge, aside from the fact that on a long fast run the battery depletes really quickly.
    Something being possible does not mean it is convenient.

    PHEVs do a better job for longer distance travel.

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