There is only one brand that can beat Tesla in terms of car buying in the Netherlands

The Pure EV brand against the EV-Skeptic

Now that March is over, we know how many new cars were sold in the first quarter of 2024. In the Netherlands there are more than 000 of which is almost 30 percent electric. As a result, more than 5 percent of all cars in the Netherlands are now fully electric. In numbers that are almost half a million of the 9.5 million Dutch cars. And the share of EVs with Dutch car sales increases every month, also in March of 2024.

Just like in February, more new EVs have been sold than pure petrol cars: more than 000 electric cars against less than 000 with only a gasoline engine. This is according to figures from the NL/News/Sales-New-Electric-Auto-S-plust-with-Bijna-20-in-the-first-Kwartaal-van-2024). Hybrides remain the leader in terms of power lines in new cars. In March, more than 000 new cars with a hybrid powertrain were sold. Three of them are the first Dutch Lamborghini Revueltos.

Tesla is back

Tesla failed a bit in February, but in March the brand will return very strongly. The Model Y is the best -selling model among all new cars in the Netherlands from last month, followed by the Model 3. To emphasize the popularity of the model Y: more new Model Ys were sold in March than all new Volkswagens and Mazda's added together.

Despite the large sale of the Model Y and Model 3, Tesla did not succeed in becoming the best -selling brand of March 2024. That honor is to Toyota. The Japanese brand sold twenty new cars more than Tesla. This is largely due to the Aygo X, of which more than 400 were sold. The Yaris (783 pieces) and Yaris Cross (751 pieces) also contribute to the success in March.

Behind Toyota and Tesla follows Volvo of which, just like in recent months, another lot of XC40s and EX40s have been sold. Yet this model is not the best -selling Volvo. With no less than one whole car, the new EX30 beats its big brother. If you look at the first quarter, the hybrid XC40 and Electric EX40 are still the leader: 753 cars compared to 591 EX30s.