Monday, November 9, 2015

Netherlands October 2015

Another two models going for the Posh SUV Best Seller title

 2013 All Over Again - Heavy Weights Edition

The 3.712 new EV's registered last month represent almost four times as much sales as in October '14, representing the third highest sales month only behind the historic months of November (5.546) and December '13 (9.311).

This surge in sales has a lot to do with fiscal changes happening in January 1st, something that previously originated the sales rush of late 2013, so something along the lines of those historic months are bound to happen in the next two months.

This sales rush pulled the EV Share further North, it is now at a record 6.56%, with the market headed not only to beat the 2013 result (23.151 units), but probably to reach the 25.000 30.000 units barrier. Not bad, eh?

Looking at last month models ranking, the Golf GTE recovered the #1 spot, followed by the Outlander PHEV, that thanks to 644 units, had its best result since June '14.

In Third we have a surprise, the Volkswagen Passat GTE landed with a bang, registering 595 units in its first sales month, being the best landing month for a single model since the Outlander PHEV arrinved in October '13 (650 units then).

Fourth is the Volvo V60 Plug-In, feeling something of a resurgence and registering its best result in 20(!) months, with 428 units.

PlModelSales  
1
Volkswagen Golf GTE e)
680
2Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV644
2Volkswagen Passat GTE595
4Volvo V60 Plug-In 428
5Audi A3 e-Tron397

Looking at the YTD ranking, lots of changes and newcomers below the Top 5, the Passat GTE goes straight to #8, while the Volvo XC90 Plug-In surges to #12, and two new competitors appear in the suddenly crowded posh SUV segment: The BMW X5 Plug-in registers a promising 66 units (Outselling the other i sub-brand relatives), while the Mercedes GLE500e lands with only three units to show.

The Renault Kangoo ZE climbs to #22 while Opel clears the Ampera stock, by registering the remaining 12 units in stock.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen leads, with 26% share, followed by Mitsubishi (19%) and Audi (13%).


PlNetherlandsOct.YTD%'14Pl
1
2
Volkswagen Golf GTE e)
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 
680
644
5.058
4.160
23
19
6
1
3Audi A3 e-Tron3972.7871312
4Volvo V60 Plug-In4282.438112
5
6
7
8
Mercedes C350e e)
Tesla Model S
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Volkwagen Passat GTE
215
145
31
595
1.919
1.456
703
595
9
7
3
3
N/A
3
17
N/A
9
10
Ford C-Max Energi
Nissan Leaf
66
32
550
518
2
2
N/A
4
11
12
13
14
15
BMW i3
Volvo XC90 T8 Plug-In
Smart Fortwo ED
Renault Zoe
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia *
35
285
3
22
4
339
286
199
186
176
2
1
1
1
1
5
N/A
8
7
17
16Mercedes B-Class ED151191N/A 
17
18
BMW i8
Mercedes S500e   e)
7
4
82
71
0
0
14
N/A
19
20
21
22
23
BMW X5 40e Plug-In
Kia Soul EV
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
Renault Kangoo ZE
Volkswagen e-Golf e)
66
5
1
14
5
66
64
60
55
51
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
18
10
N/A
19
23
25
Renault Twizy
Volkswagen e-Up!

1
51
49
0
0
15
13
26

27
28
28
30
31
31
 31
Toyota Prius Plug-In

Opel Ampera
Porsche 918
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Ford Focus Electric
Volkswagen XL1
Citroen Berlingo EV
Mercedes GLE500e
 

12

1
3

2
3
46

36
8
8
5
3
3
3
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11

16
23
20
23
26
N/A
N/A

TOTAL3.72122.150100


Source: RAI.nl

e) Estimate

* -1 Pass + 3 LCV

3 comments:

  1. That is the first real delivery of the XC90 PHEV. It's worth noting that not even Sweden has recieved a batch yet. I guess they will deliver as many as possible to the Netherlands before the year ends before they continue with the rest of the orders around the globe.

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  2. Are you expecting similar numbers in Nov and Dec to 2013, 5K and 9K? I'm not expecting the Outlander to sell 5K in Dec but there are so many more models that I could see 9K being sold in Dec or is this to optimistic. Also why did the C350e sell less then in Sep? Is it because its just an estimate and your just being conservative.

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  3. 9k should be difficult to reach, but not impossible, as you said, there are several models contributing to the high numbers, so it wouldn't be surprising to get there.

    As for the C350e, the number it is an estimate because my source didn't separated the plug-in hybrid version from the regular hybrid, but even summing up both, the number is smaller than in other months, i guess Mercedes has availability issues and is not prioritizing NL over other markets.

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