Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Netherlands May 2017


Tesla Off Season Peak

Known previously for being the PHEV capital of the World, the Dutch EV market had a 180º shift early this year, due to the ending of PHEV incentives, and May was no exception, BEVs outsold PHEVs by 489 units (Up 213% YoY) to 99 (Down 80%), with combined registrations dropping only 8% YoY in May, to 588 units, and the EV share now standing at 1,7%.

Looking at May results, we had a surprising deliveries month from Tesla, with the Model S registering 131 units and the Model X 100 units, placing themselves in the highest places of the monthly ranking. The new BEV-friendly incentives scheme seem to benefit Tesla, as the Model S has seen a three-fold surge regarding the same month last year, while the SUV model delivered its best off peak performance ever.

The Hyundai Ioniq Electric won Third Place, with 88 units, while the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV registered 53 units, being not only its best performance of the year, but also the highest monthly score that a PHEV had in 2017, which could sign a recovery from plug-in hybrids in the second half of the year.

Finally, the 36kWh battery is starting to do wonders to the VW e-Golf, allowing it to reach #5 in May, with 52 deliveries, which is not only a new record for the nameplate, but also the best score any Volkswagen plug-in got this year. Has VW found its new sales scorer?

Pl
Model
Sales  
1
Tesla Model S
131
2
Tesla Model X
100
3
Hyundai Ioniq Electric
88
4
Mitsu. Outlander PHEV
53
4
Volkswagen e-Golf
52

Looking at the YTD ranking, the Tesla Model X climbed to Third, while the Nissan Leaf (12 sales, worst result in 9 months) dropped two positions to #5.

Outside the Top 6, two models deserve a mention, the all-electric VW e-Golf surged eight positions to...#8, while the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV jumped to #9, putting pressure on the #7 Volvo XC90 PHEV, the current Plug-in hybrid Best Seller.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla is head and shoulders in the lead (33% share, up 1%) and looks it will be there for a while, while in Second Place we have BMW (13%, down 1%), with Nissan and Hyundai(!) now closing the podium, both with 12% share.

Pl
Netherlands
May
YTD
%
'16Pl
1
2
Tesla Model S
BMW i3 *
131
46
625
366
21
12
5
14
3
Tesla Model X
100
359
12
15
4
Hyundai Ioniq Electric
88
352
12
23
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Nissan Leaf
Renault Zoe
Volvo XC90 PHEV
Volkswagen e-Golf
Mitsu. Outlander PHEV 
Mercedes GLC350e
Volkswagen Passat GTE 
Porsche Cayenne Plug-in
Mercedes B250e 
12
48
1
52
53
12

7
5
324
252
84
70
68
54
44
38
36
11
8
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
13
17
3
19
7
31
1
25
20
14
15
15
17
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Volkswagen e-Up!
T. Prius Plug-In (Gen I&II)
Audi Q7 e-Tron
4
5
1
1
30
29
29
21
1
1
1
1
16
24
22
6
18

18
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Kia Soul EV
2

1
16

16
1

1
11

27
20
Mercedes C350e

15
1
4
21
22
22
Mercedes E350e
Audi A3 e-Tron
BMW i8
2

2
14
12
12
0
0
0
10
12
29
24
24
24
Opel Ampera-e
Citröen C-Zero
BMW X5 40e

1
1
11
11
11
0
0
0
N/A
38
26
24
BMW 740e
1
11
0
18
24
29
29
31
31
33
34
35
BMW 530e
BMW 330e
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Mercedes GLE500e
Mercedes S500e
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Peugeot iOn
Kia Optima PHEV
7
1
1
1
2

1
11
10
10
9
8
7
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
2
9
30
35
8
34
21
TOTAL
588
2.974
100
       





































          





Source: RAI Vereniging



* - 42 BEV + 4 REX



Regular Hybrids + Plug-ins Ranking


Pl
Model
May Sales  
1
Toyota Yaris Hybrid
487
2
Kia Niro
304
3
Toyota C-HR Hybrid
277
4
Toyota Auris Hybrid
223
5
Tesla Model S
131

If we add regular hybrids to plug-ins, we see the Toyota trio (Yaris and Auris stalwarts, C-HR rebel kid), the Kia Niro in a brilliant Second Place (Imagine how many sales will plug-in Niro's have), with the Tesla Model S in Fifth.

Looking back a year to this ranking, the only models repeating their presence are the Yaris and Auris, with the first repeating the First Place (Then with only 288 units) and its larger brother in Second, then with 181 units, which places in evidence the fact that HEVs have also benefited from the ending of PHEV incentives.




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