In the context of a continually falling overall auto market, down 10% year over year in June, the Dutch plugin vehicle market has nonetheless continued to grow, reaching 34% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics , which grew 23% year over year last month.
Record results weren’t a Stellantis exclusive, though — a few more models hit personal bests. The #11 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV had a record 202 registrations, allowing it to be the best selling PHEV on the table. The fact that the Japanese crossover was the best selling PHEV at just #11 says a lot about the current BEV takeover. Additionally, the Lynk & Co 01 PHEV, this year’sin the PHEV category, was only 18th last month . That was its worst score in 11 months….
Outside the top 20, highlighting Stellantis’ good month, June saw the Opel Mokka EV score 151 registrations, ending just 12 units behind a place on the table. The Tesla Model 3 was also close to a top 20 spot as well, ending the month with 149 registrations. In the race for 3rd place, the Peugeot e-208 jumped from the 6th position into 3rd thanks to its record monthly score. It surpassed the Kia Niro EV, currently inand waiting for the new generation to arrive, as well as the Volvo XC40 PHEV, suffering from the headwinds of the current BEV takeover, and the Audi Q4 e-tron, possibly still production constrained.
With the BMW 330e now off the table, we are left with four PHEV representatives in the YTD table, one more than the final score of last year. In this case, this is the #12 Volvo XC60 PHEV, which incidentally is also the most likely to leave the table by the end of the year, leaving PHEVs with the same representatives they had in 2021 ., but it still has runner-up BMW behind it . Although, losing share at this pace, one wonders for how long….
With war just a thousand miles away, this number should be 50% already. The Dutch government should be polling its citizens to find out why they aren’t buying EVs yet to see what can be done to get these numbers up ASAP.