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In a negative month in the overall market , April saw plugin registrations increase by 11% YoY, to 13,274 units. As a result, the Dutch plugin vehicle market reaching 47% last month, in line with the year-to-date average. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics . With 9,092 registrations, pure electrics represented 69% of all plugin sales last month, above the YTD average of 66%.
Elsewhere, the Tesla Model Y took silver in April, with 1,048 registrations, while the Kia Niro was 3rd, with 1,020 registrations. The Korean model’s BEV version contributed with 48% of the Kiacrossover’s 1,693 registrations, while the plugless hybrid had only 40% of the Niro’s sales. The Korean model overall was #1 in the April auto market.
Back to plugins, and looking beyond the podium, this time the Ford Kuga PHEV only ended the month in the 18th position, with 159 registrations, allowing the Lynk & Co 01 PHEV and the BMW X1 PHEV to the best selling PHEV model in this market last month. The reason is simple: Volkswagen hasn’t marketed the ID.Buzz properly. Either they made it a large MPV from the start, with acres of space and 7 seats, in order to sell it at premium price, or if they wanted to start the Buzz with a midsized, 5-seat version, they would have needed to sell it at a significantly lower price level, something like €50,000. Because when you have the full-size, 7-seat VW Multivan PHEV selling at €60,000 vs. the midsize, 5-seat ID.
As for the rest, the Hyundai Kona EV was the Climber of the Month, jumping three positions into #8, while the BMW X1 PHEV surpassed its stablemate BMW i4, ending the month in 15th.
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