For private lease, the trees seemed to grow to the sky in recent years. Above that, however, the corona crisis struck, although the problems are still manageable.
Private lease has been experiencing rapid growth for years, from around 17,000 contracts in 2014 to 188,000 at the end of 2019. Certainly now that the electric car has started to advance, there are plenty of opportunities to advance even further, but the corona crisis a false note. Nevertheless, the damage compared to other branches within the mobility sector is not as bad as yet, says the chairman of the sector organization VNA (Association of Dutch Car Leasing Companies) Renate Hemerik: “The demand has obviously fallen sharply, just like in the rest of the car sector. Many cars are currently also not available, because almost all countries around us have one lockdown and the car factories are closed. It will be exciting how long the start-up period and therefore the delivery times will be when they can start producing again. “
For the time being, VNA has no signs that consumers are lagging behind when paying their monthly lease rates, Hemerik says: “Government measures are aimed at ensuring that companies can continue to pay employee wages and that there are no layoffs for the time being. That means that most consumers also We will be able to continue to meet their payment obligations, or whether this will continue to be the case in the future, there is currently nothing to say about this, but we must first ensure that we get the corona virus under control so that we also can start running economically again, even if it is a meter and a half away. “