Netherlands’ EV industry on track to hit 50% market share in September 2023

The Dutch plug-in electric vehicle industry reported an astounding sales increase of 55% year-on-year in September 2023.

This significant gain accelerates the industry’s pace towards a 50% market share later this year.

Plug-in car registrations in the Netherlands

Monthly – September 2023

The Netherlands‘ new plug-in electric car registrations surged about 55% YoY to 13,916 units, InsideEVs reports, citing EV Volumes’ data.

Impressively, plug-in vehicles’ market share also grew to 47% last month. It indicated a major increase from just 35% in the same period last year. 

That said, it would be unsurprising to see the local plug-in electric car industry hit a 50% market share in the following quarter.

YTD – (Jan-Sep 2023) 

This year to date, plug-in vehicle registrations surged 70% YoY to 121,959 units. Of that total, all-electric vehicles accounted for approximately 82,200 units.

In retrospect, the country only registered 107,000+ new passenger plug-ins in 2022, with a 35% market share.

Top-selling models 

Monthly – September 2023 

As expected, the Tesla Model Y dominated the rankings with its unprecedented sales of 1,784 units.

However, the all-electric crossover was the only Tesla model in the top 10 list. Nonetheless, the subsequent models behind the Model Y only had 3-digit sales.

Presented below are the most popular BEV models in the Netherlands in September 2023:

YTD – (Jan-Sep 2023) 

Tesla’s Model Y defended its leading position in the first nine months of the year with sales of 10,301 units. 

Finally, the Tesla Model 3 got on the list with sales of 3,136 units. It enabled the electric sedan to claim the top 8th spot. Refer to the table below:

 The Musk-led company continues to lead the Dutch electric vehicle industry with its popular offerings, Model Y and 3. In fact, it was also the most popular brand, with a market share of 11.3% in the first nine months of the year.