Roller Coaster IV - Going Down
The Dutch EV market returned to the negative trend, last month there were 953 registrations, dragging down the EV Share to 3,90%.
Looking at the monthly models ranking, the Outlander PHEV collected another Best Seller trophy, with 471 units, followed by the usual Runner-Up, the Volvo V60 Plug-In.
After these two, there's an enormous difference to the #3 Nissan Leaf (36 units), followed by the Tesla Model S, which sold only 27 units, and in #5 we have the Renault Zoe, with 25 registrations.
| Pl | Model | Sales |
| 1 | Mit. Outlander PHEV | 471 |
| 2 | Volvo V60 Plug-In | 314 |
| 3 | Nissan Leaf | 36 |
| 4 | Tesla Model S | 27 |
| 5 | Renault Zoe | 25 |
Looking at the YTD ranking, that now has accurate numbers (Dank U Annie), the first positions continue the same, but further down the table, there is one car jumping positions, the BMW i8 sold 14 units (#7 in October, behind its little brother, the i3), it is now #12, but the #10 spot looks possible until the end of the year.
| Pl | Netherlands | Oct. | YTD | % | '13Pl |
| 1 2 | Mitsu Outlander PHEV Volvo V60 Plug-In | 471 314 | 7.014 2.861 | 55 23 | 1 2 |
| 3 | Tesla Model S | 27 | 981 | 8 | 5 |
| 4 | BMW i3 * | 18 | 491 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Nissan Leaf | 36 | 449 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | P. Panamera Plug-In | 6 | 180 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 8 9 | Renault Zoe Toyota Prius Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up! | 25 13 10 | 145 82 61 | 1 1 0 | 8 3 7 |
| 10 | Renault Twizy | 4 | 36 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Opel Ampera | 1 | 34 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | BMW i8 | 14 | 29 | 0 | N/A |
| 13 | Smart Fortwo ED | 2 | 25 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 15 16 17 17 19 20 20 20 23 21 22 22 | Volkswagen e-Golf Kia Soul EV Volkswagen Golf GTE Chevrolet Volt Citröen C-Zero Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn Porsche 918 Ford Focus Electric Nissan e-NV200 Renault Fluence ZE McLaren P1 Audi A3 e-Tron | 5 2 1 2 1 1 | 14 13 8 6 6 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | N/A N/A N/A 6 17 15 18 N/A N/A N/A 19 N/A N/A |
| TOTAL | 953 | 12.453 | 100 |
Hybrids and plug-ins Ranking - Toyota and the others
Combining hybrids sales with those of plug-in vehicles, the Outlander PHEV continues leading, althought followed more closely by the Toyota Auris Hybrid, in this Top 10 there's 5 HEVs, four from Toyota Group, which can be seen with two approaches:
The positive one says that Toyota doesn't have opposition in the Hybrid front;
The negative one says that currently, only Toyota is investing in this kind of technology, while others are now into plug-ins.
| Pl | Model | YTD |
| 1 | Mit. Outlander PHEV | 7.014 |
| 1 | Toyota Auris Hybrid | 5.439 |
| 3 | Volvo V60 Plug-In | 2.861 |
| 4 | Toyota Yaris Hybrid | 2.409 |
| 5 6 7 8 9 10 | Tesla Model S Lexus CT200h Peugeot 3008 H4 BMW i3 Nissan Leaf Lexus IS300h | 981 748 560 491 449 981 |
Source: RDC
