Last year, the number of fully electric cars purchased new by private individuals in the Netherlands amounted to 26 percent of the total number of new cars purchased by private individuals. In relative terms, that is a significant increase compared to 2021.
While the share of fully electric powered cars in the sale of new cars on the private market in 2021 was still stuck at 11 percent, it is now 26 percent . If we look at the total sales of new cars, so in addition to private as well as business purchases, rental companies and dealer registrations, the share of fully electric cars amounted to 23 percent last year; that was still 20 percent in 2021. At the end of 2022, there were 340,583 fully electric cars on the road in the Netherlands.
Petrol cars are still the most sold in the Netherlands, although that share already dropped to 46 percent in 2021 and in 2022 the share was 38.5 percent. The joint share of hybrid cars and plug-in hybrids was 33 percent of new car sales in 2021, compared to 36 percent last year.
The RAI Association mentions the rapid increase in the share fully electric cars in the private market. The organization states that the increase can partly be explained by a combination of more available electric models in the mid-class segments, private lease offers and the government’s purchase subsidy. Private individuals also include self-employed persons who purchase an electric car for business purposes with a sole proprietorship. It is therefore possible that self-employed people without employees have a significant share in the significant increase among private individuals, -electric/” rel=”external”>writes Autoweek.
The purchase subsidy that will be awarded this year for electric passenger cars is available since 10 January. This concerns a subsidy for the purchase or private lease of new electric cars by private individuals. A subsidy of 2950 euros can be applied for a new car and a subsidy of 2000 euros is available for used cars. These are pots with a maximum. The total subsidy pot for new EVs is 67 million euros and for second-hand cars there is a budget of 32.4 million euros. If these amounts are exceeded, in principle no more subsidy will be awarded for the rest of this year.
