In a negative month in the overall market , May saw plugin registrations also drop by 13% YoY, to 13,174 units. As a result, the Dutch plugin vehicle market reached 47% last month, in line with the year-to-date average. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics . With 9,680 registrations, pure electrics represented 74% of all plugin sales last month, above the YTD average of 68%.
Elsewhere, the Kia Niro was 3rd, with 1,058 registrations, 709 of them belonging to the BEV version, followed by the Volvo EX/XC40 SUV, in 4th with 621 registrations, of which 538 were BEVs. Then, the Tesla Model 3 was in 5th. In the PHEV category, this time the best selling model was the BMW X1 PHEV. With 238 registrations, it ended in #11, beating the Lynk & Co 01 PHEV in this raceElsewhere in the second half of the table, one highlight is the record performance of the BMW i5 . Not only has the big sedan beaten the remaining full size competition, but it has also beaten its smaller and cheaper sibling, the i4, which registered 112 units in the same period.
with its younger sibling EX30, the Belgian-built Swede does not seem to have enough pace to go after the Model Y.Volvo EX30, now in 3rd, the future tariffs will likely damage the Made-in-China model’s career. So, while surpassing its older sibling and winning the silver medal seems possible, it will be nearly impossible to reach the Model Y’s tail lights.