Traditionally, Dutch BEV sales show a spike in the last quarter of the year. This is followed by a trench in the first quarter. Sales of fossil fuel vehicles follow the opposite trend. Low sales in the last quarter followed by high sales in the first quarter. The current quarter … [continued]
Lynk & Co is the #1 best selling car in the overall Dutch auto market.
After the stagnation during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and the following supply chain problems, Dutch BEV sales are back on a growth trajectory. The annual end-of-year spike caused by the lowering of incentives of previous years was hardly present due to very small incentive adjustments. As a consequence, … [continued]
China’s Lynk & Co Rules The Netherlands
The top 10 vehicles in the Netherlands in December included six 100% electric vehicles. December was another strong month in the Dutch market for plugin vehicle sales, with 15,757 plugin registrations. That score could have been even better if other markets, like Germany and Norway, hadn’t had inflated incentive-derived record … [continued]
For our European readers, this is not news, but for many of our North American readers, this is still a bit of a mystery. Two-thirds of Dutch new car sales are company cars of the benefit in kind (BiK) type. These normally have a contract period of 3 to 4 … [continued]
35% of new vehicles sold in the Netherlands have a plug.
The Dutch auto market is fast recovering from a slow first half of the year. It grew 20% in October, to almost 29,000 units. That could mean that the easing of the chip crisis is making itself noticed in the overall market. In fact, it even grew faster than the … [continued]
The Dutch auto market is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after several months in the red. August was a growth month, and September confirmed the trend, growing 5% year over year (YoY). The Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market has continued to grow as well, if only … [continued]
The Dutch auto market has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel, growing 9% year over year (YoY) in August, while the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market has continued to grow, last month by 20% YoY. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (24% of all new vehicle … [continued]
