Netherlands Reduces Plug-In Hybrid Tax Break, Sales Expected To Drop
The plug-in boom in the Netherlands will soon come to an end, but before that happens, expect a strong spike of sales ahead of us. As always, in such cases everything depends on government incentives,...
View ArticleUK & Netherlands Account For Two Thirds Of PHEV Sales In Europe
The surge in sales of plug-in hybrids in the UK was tremendous over the last couple of months, which now makes the UK the largest market for such cars. 40.6% of all plug-in hybrids sold in Western...
View Article6.4% Market Share For PHEVs In The Netherlands In May
According to Automotive Industry Data, last month in the Netherlands, new registrations of plug-in hybrids amounted to 1,769 or 6.4% of the total market. That’s a lot, and our best source of open EV...
View ArticleVolkswagen Golf GTE, Mercedes C350e, Audi A3 e-tron and Mitsubishi Outlander...
With nearly 2,700 sales, June was one of the better months for plug-in electric car sales in the Netherlands. Stunning is that models with a plug-in hybrid version are typically selling better as PHEV....
View ArticlePlug-In Electric Car Sales Outlook For The Netherlands
The Netherlands is reaching its own milestone of 50,000 plug-in cars on the roads. From January 2013 through June 2015 sales exceeded 48,500 (gathered or estimated by EV Sales Blog). We don’t have...
View ArticleBYD Helps Schiphol Become One Of The World’s Greenest Airports – Video
BYD released a video presenting its electric buses in service at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. In total, 35 pure electric buses are being used to transport passengers between aircraft and terminals....
View ArticleCalifornia, The Netherlands and Québec Launch International Zero-Emission...
An unusual International Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance (ZEV Alliance) was launched by California, The Netherlands and Québec, Canada. The goal is to accelerate global adoption of electric cars....
View ArticleEnergica EGO Netherlands Tour Using FastNed Charging Network – Video
Two brand new Energica EGO electric motorcycles visited the Netherlands to tour along highways using the FastNed fast charging Network. Half hour of charging from Combo chargers enables the bikes to...
View ArticleFastNed Offers Unlimited Free Charging For 2 Years With Purchase Of New...
Buyers of new Nissan LEAFs in the Netherlands will get unlimited access to fast charging through the FastNed network for two years. As of today, FastNed has 38 stations with 50 kW CHAdeMO (and other...
View ArticleTesla’s New Tilburg Factory Now Open
Tesla Motors launched its new, nearly 50,000-square meter Tilburg Factory in the Netherlands, announced about year ago as expansion from its previous assembly facility in Tilburg. 180 workers support...
View ArticlePlug-In Electric Car Sales In The Netherlands Growing By ~100% In Recent Months
Electric car sales are on a strong rise in the Netherlands the last couple months after a slower start to 2015. Year-over-year growth is averaging about 100% in the period of June-September with a...
View ArticleFastned Readies For A Future Where Everyone Drives Electric Cars
The ECOreport recently released an interesting interview with Fastned co-founder Michiel Langezaal, who sees the current stage of the EV market as phase one. Phase two is to have 5-10% market share for...
View ArticleGogoro Gears Up For Launch Of Battery-Swapping Electric Scooter
Gogoro, after a successful rollout in Taipei, enters Europe with its Smartscooters (see description), which are equipped with swapable lithium-ion batteries. Sales of Smartscooter will begin in Europe...
View ArticleVolvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine Sales Surge In The Netherlands
Surprisingly good news comes from the Netherlands, where the luxury plug-in hybrid SUV – Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine made big splash in November. According to EV Sales Blog, 714 units were sold, which is...
View ArticleNissan & Fastned Expand Partnership – 4 Years Of Free Fast Charging!
Great news comes from the Netherlands where Nissan and Fastned announced expansion of partnership that earlier resulted in two years of free access to DC fast chargers (similar to No Charge To Charge...
View ArticleNetherlands Shocks With Nearly 16,000 Plug-In Electric Car Sales In December!
Netherlands set an amazing record of new plug-in car sales in December 2015 at 15,908 according to EV Sales Blog (official and partially estimated data). Sales increased over 9 times year-over-year....
View ArticleFastned Opens 50th Fast Charging Station In The Netherlands
Fastned recently opened its 50th fast charging station in the Netherlands. The Dutch company intends to build a nationwide fast charging network with multi-standard chargers (currently 50 kW and higher...
View ArticleNetherlands Was The PHEV Capital Of Europe For 2015, But Quickly Bottomed Out...
EagleAID recently named Netherlands the European PHEV capital. Not strange taking into consideration that in 2015 Netherlands recorded highest number of passenger plug-in car registrations (over...
View ArticleFastned Secures Financing Through The End Of 2019
Fastned announced in January that it secured financing for its operational expenditures for the next three years – through the end of 2019 – which seems like pretty good news for plug-in owners in...
View Article150 Renault ZOE And 1,000 Smart Solar-Charge Stations Head To Utrecht City,...
Renault signed a letter of intent with the Dutch Utrecht City Council, for a significant project combining electric cars and solar-powered charging points. A true look into the future (we hope) for...
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