71 percent of new cars in October had combustion engines
The Kia Picanto was the car with the most new units registered in October. With this, the little Korean knocked the Tesla Model Y off the monthly changing registration throne. In this article we look at which new electric cars were registered with the most units in October. A hint: it’s not the Tesla Model Y!
The Tesla Model Y has been dominating the Dutch registration lists for a while. It is almost newsworthy that the Tesla Model Y was not the electric car with the most units registered in the Netherlands in October. This year, the Tesla Model Y was not the EV that registered the most copies in April and July, but October has now been added. In April, the Model Y had to tolerate the Peugeot e-208 and the Volvo XC40, and in July the Skoda Enyaq iV. In September, the Tesla Model Y finished in second place in the EV rankings. This and more is evident from figures that AutoWeek requested from Bovag.
With 705 new units registered in October, the Volvo The Model Y follows with 647 units. Remarkable: in September the Tesla registered 1,788 new units and in August the car was also well above 1,000 units. The ever-popular Kia Niro EV follows at some distance. With 422 registered units, the electric Niro is in third place in October.
In fourth place is the Tesla Model 3, of which only 7 fewer units were registered in October than the Kia Niro EV. The Peugeot e-208 follows with the same minimal difference in fourth place with 402 registrations.
Most registered new electric cars – October 2023
| Brand | Fashion model | Number | |
| 1 | Volvo | XC40 | 705 |
| 2 | Tesla | Model Y | 647 |
| 3 | Kia | Niro EV | 422 |
| 4 | Tesla | Model 3 | 415 |
| 5 | Peugeot | e-208 | 402 |
| 6 | Volkswagen | ID4 | 337 |
| 7 | Volkswagen | ID3 | 336 |
| 8 | Skoda | Enyaq iV | 329 |
| 9 | Audi | Q4 e-tron | 303 |
| 10 | BMW | iX1 | 262 |
Yet Tesla won a title in October. Last month it was the brand that managed to register the most new EVs. A total of 1,083 new Teslas were registered. Nine more units of the Model S were registered, and 12 units of the Model X. Volvo finishes in second place, followed by Volkswagen in the last place on the podium. Places four to ten go to BMW, Kia, Peugeot, Audi, Renault, Skoda and Hyundai.
Top 10 brands with most registered new electric cars – October 2023
| Brand | Number | |
| 1 | Tesla | 1,083 |
| 2 | Volvo | 863 |
| 3 | Volkswagen | 787 |
| 4 | BMW | 778 |
| 5 | Kia | 696 |
| 6 | Peugeot | 592 |
| 7 | Audi | 451 |
| 8 | Renault | 351 |
| 9 | Skoda | 329 |
| 10 | Hyundai | 321 |
Powertrains
Of the 28,362 new passenger cars registered in the Netherlands in October, 8,268 had an electric drivetrain. On the one hand, this means that 29 percent of all new passenger cars registered in October were EVs. On the other hand, it indicates that 71 percent were simply a car with a combustion engine. The share of EVs was just as large as the share of regular petrol cars (8,297) in the total. In October, 11,293 hybrids and plug-in hybrids were registered. This means that the majority – almost 40 percent – of new passenger cars in October were hybrids. The fact that the diesel market has completely collapsed was also evident in October. Only 307 new cars with diesel engines were registered (1.1 percent). Only the share of LPG in the total was even smaller at 0.7 percent (197 units).
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl