Hangover Edition
After the fiscal-incentives-derived-rush of the last months of 2013, the dutch ev market woke up to reality and sold a paltry 404 units, far, far, FAR away from the 9.000 units of the month before, but looking at real sales months, like a year ago, it's down just 35%, not bad considering many buyers antecipated sales due to the fiscal changes.
The only model to perform decently is the V60 Plug-in (272 units sold), while last years phenomenon, the Outlander PHEV, eclipses to just 82 registrations.
In a distant #3 we get a tie, with Prius Plug-in and BMW i3 selling 15 units each.
Looking at PHEV vs BEV share, January increased share for the first kind, sitting at a gigantic 92% share, making the Netherlands more and more the capital of plug-in hybrids.
| Pl | Netherlands | Jan. | YTD | % | '13Pl |
| 1 2 | Volvo V60 Plug-in Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 272 82 | 272 82 | 67 20 | 2 1 |
| 3 | Toyota Prius Plug-In | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | BMW i3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Renault Zoe | 9 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Tesla Model S | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Nissan Leaf | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Opel Ampera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 404 | 404 | 100 |
I think you've got an error in your article. Plugin sales weren't 34% up from January 2013, but 35% down (from 625 down to 404).
ReplyDeleteBut looking from the bright side. many of the sales in November and December were actually pulled forward from January, and possible February and March. That sales were still only 35% down is great news.
Sales of pure BEV's was actually up by 17% yoy.
You were right, i've already corrected the post.
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