Netherlands April 2017

BMW i3 leader in April, Model S YTD #1

Known for being the PHEV capital of the World, the Dutch EV market had a 180º shift early this year into all-electric cars but this shift had consequences, with registrations dropping 59% YoY in April, to 357 units, the worst result in three years, without the volume of PHEV's, numbers are doomed to drop significantly as the year advances.

Looking at April results, the BMW i3 had a rare win in Dutch lands, with 80 units, with only one of them being of the Rex variety. In fact, of the 320 i3's registered this year, only 3 had a Range Extender...A bit like Norway, then.

The Hyundai Ioniq Electric won Second Place, with 64 units, while the Tesla Model S registered 48.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	BMW i3 *	80
2	Hyundai Ioniq Electric	64
3	Tesla Model S	48
4	Tesla Model X	31
4	Renault Zoe	29

Looking at the YTD ranking, the Tesla Model S is cemented its leadership status, while the BMW i3 climbed to Second, dropping the Nissan Leaf to Third.

The Hyundai Ioniq Electric climbed to Fourth, switching places with the Tesla Model X, now waiting for the next deliveries peak (June) to shine again.

Outside the top six BEV's, three models deserve a mention, the recently arrived Second Generation Prius Plug-In registered 13 units, being the Best Selling PHEV in April, while two new important additions to the BEV field have landed this month, the new Opel Ampera-e (Chevrolet Bolt in Europe-talk)  registered their first 11 units, while the revised VW e-Golf, now with a 36 kWh battery, also had its first delivery month, by registering 17 units. Expect both models to jump quickly into the Top 10 soon. 

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla is head and shoulders in the lead (32% share, down 1%), followed by the new Second Placed BMW (14%, up 1%), with Nissan (Also 14%, down 1%) now closing the podium.

Pl	Netherlands	April	YTD	%	'16Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S BMW i3 *	48 80	494 320	21 13	5 14
3	Nissan Leaf	18	312	13	13
4	Hyundai Ioniq Electric	64	264	11	23
5 6 7 8 9 10 10 12 13	Tesla Model X Renault Zoe Volvo XC90 PHEV Volkswagen Passat GTE Mercedes GLC350e Mercedes B250e Porsche Cayenne Plug-in T. Prius Plug-In (Gen I&II) Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	31 29 7 5 8 13 1	259 204 83 44 42 31 31 28 26	11 9 3 2 2 1 1 1 1	15 17 3 1 31 20 22 25 16
14 15	Volkswagen e-Up! Audi Q7 e-Tron	5 1	24 20	1 1	24 6
16 17 17 17	Volkswagen e-Golf Mercedes C350e Kia Soul EV Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	17 1	18 15 15 15	1 1 1 1	19 4 27 7
20	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	1	14	1	11
21 21	Mercedes E350e Audi A3 e-Tron	2	12 12	1 1	10 12
23 24 24	Opel Ampera-e Citröen C-Zero BMW X5 40e	11	11 10 10	0 0 0	N/A 38 26
24	BMW 740e	3	10	0	18
24 27 27 27 30 31 31 33 34	BMW i8 BMW 330e Volvo V60 Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Volkswagen Golf GTE Mercedes S500e Peugeot iOn BMW 530e Kia Optima PHEV	6 1 1 4	10 9 9 9 7 6 6 4 2	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	29 2 9 30 8 35 34 N/A 21
	TOTAL	357	2.386	100

       





































          

Source: RAI Vereniging

* - 79 BEV + 1 REX