Netherlands March 2016

Tesla Edition

After the historic month of December, the hangover seamed to ease in March, with sales back at four digits (1.161 sales), up 150% regarding last month, while YoY registrations are down only 38%.

The EV Share has recovered significantly to 2.23%, but it is still way below the 9.63% of last year.

Looking at the monthly ranking, the Tesla Model S had its best result since 2013, with 371 units, allowing it to end March in #22 in the overall ranking, while the #2 Volvo XC90 PHEV is back to cruising speed, with 192 units (Best Selling Luxury SUV in the overall market),  while the #4 BMW 330e has beaten its personal record, beating for the first time the Mercedes C350e and VW Passat GTE in the race for the D-Segment Plug-in class.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Tesla Model S	371
2	Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	192
3	Nissan Leaf	130
3	BMW 330e	128
5	Mercedes C350e	64

Unlike the previous two months, plug-in hybrids represented the majority of sales, pulling the PHEV share to parity (50%) with BEV's, with several plug-in hybrids climbing positions in the ranking, like the Volvo XC90 PHEV, up two positions to #3, the BMW 330e jumping five places to #5, with another BMW provinding great numbers, with the 225xe Active Tourer shooting ten positions to #13.

On a broader look, the Tesla Model S (530 units) has made it to Number One in its size class, beating the usual best-sellers BMW 5-Series (370), Audi A6 (353) and Mercedes E-Class (157). Will it stay there for long?

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Tesla jumped to the leadership, with 22% share, followed by Volvo (16%) in Second, with VW, BMW and Nissan, all with 14%, are closely running for the Third Spot.

On a side note, the first FCEV of 2016 was registered, in the form of a Toyota Terminator Mirai

Pl	Netherlands	March	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S Nissan Leaf	371 130	530 280	24 13	8 13
3	Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	192	269	12	7
4	Volkswagen Passat GTE	47	189	9	6
5 6 7 8	BMW 330e Mercedes C350e Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE	128 64 3 17	161 111 81 78	7 5 4 4	25 5 3 2
9	BMW i3   *	35	68	3	12
10 11	Mercedes B250e Renault Zoe	20 28	60 59	3 3	19 14
12	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	13	56	3	1
13	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	51	55	3	17
13	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	10	31	1	15
15	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	9	28	1	10
16 17 17 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 26 26 26 26	Audi A3 e-Tron Volkswagen e-Up! Volkswagen e-Golf   BMW X5 40e PHEV Kia Soul EV Mercedes GLE500e BMW i8 Ford C-Max Energi Renault Twizy Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mercedes S500e Mitsubishi I-Miev Smart Fortwo ED Toyota Prius Plug-In Renault Kangoo ZE	2 10 10 6 3 4 6 2 1 1 1 1	23 22 22 18 13 11 11 6 5 4 1 1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	4 28 28 11 24 27 20 9 28 21 18 30 15 22 25
	TOTAL	1.161	2.196	100

* - 34 Bev + 1 Rex

Source: RAI.nl


Regular Hybrids + Plug-ins Ranking

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Tesla Model S	371
2	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	304
3	Volvo XC90 T8	192
3	Nissan Leaf	130
5	BMW 330e	128

If we add regular hybrids to Plug-ins, only the Toyota Yaris Hybrid shows up in the first places, in Second Place, is this a sign that regular hybrids importance here is dwindling?