Of the more than 381,227 new passenger cars registered in the Netherlands in 2024, 132,166 were fully electric. This means that 34.7 percent of new cars sold in the Netherlands in 2024 were EVs, considerably more than the 30.8 percent in 2023. A decent growth figure for a country that ultimately wants to see its entire fleet electric, and of course also a larger share than in many other European countries. Figures from Reuters, based on data from ACEA and others, show that the Netherlands is doing better with this share than Belgium, Germany, the UK, France and almost all other countries. Three countries have an even higher EV share, and all three of those countries are literally above us. Sweden ends up in 3rd place with 34.4 percent, Denmark with 50.4 percent in 2nd place. However, only one country can be number 1, and that is of course Norway. The government of this Scandinavian country once expressed the ambition that only electric cars will be sold by 2025, and by 2024 it appeared to be well on its way to realizing that ambition. Reuters reports that no less than 88.9 percent of cars sold in Norway in 2024 would be fully electric. That is even more than in 2023, when EVs were already supreme with a share of 82.4 percent. The popularity of EVs in Norway can no longer be entirely attributed to government incentives, but these ‘incentives’ of course play a major role. EV buyers pay less or no registration tax, receive discounts on toll roads and parking and, up to a certain maximum, do not pay VAT when purchasing a car. Add to this the fact that non-electric cars are taxed extremely heavily in Norway, and it is not surprising that the majority of Norwegian car buyers are now ‘converted’.
Source: www.autoweek.nl
