EV sales in 2018, Netherlands and Germany

Netherlands

In 2018, 24,024 fully electric cars were sold in the Netherlands. This number is three times as many as in 2017. Of all new cars registered, 5.4% of them were electric vehicles. Netherlands considered one of the highest market shares worldwide. In December, 30.4% of cars sold were fully electric cars.

Here follows the list with the best-selling electric cars in 2018:

Model	2018 Sales
Tesla Model S	5,633
Jaguar I-PACE	3,495
Nissan LEAF	3,369
Tesla Model X	2,966
Volkswagen e-Golf	2,242
BMW i3	1,602
Hyundai Ioniq	1,500
Renault Zoe	1,017
Opel Ampera-e	860
Hyundai Kona EV	551

There are now some 49,000 EVs in the Netherlands. Experts predict that EV 
sales will reach 28,000 in 2019.

Germany

In Germany, sales of fully electric cars grew by 43.9% in 2018 to 36,062 This was more than 1% of total new passenger car sales.

Diesel cars sales declined from 38.8% to 32.3%, the lowest since the year 2000. Petrol gas cars made up 62.4% of sales, compared to 57.7% in 2017. Total car sales declined slightly by 0.2% to 3.44 million.

List of the best-selling electric cars in Germany(by brand):

Brand	2018 Sales
VW	6,799
SMART	6,756
RENAULT	6,360
BMW	3,792
KIA	3,336
NISSAN	2,530
HYUNDAI	2,077
TESLA	1,905
AUDI	982
OPEL	385
JAGUAR	191
PORSCHE	170
PEUGEOT	149
CITROEN	121
MERCEDES	85
MINI	23
MITSUBISHI	19
FORD	17
HONDA	7
OTHERS	358

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