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Fewer driving licences issued than before the pandemic
In 2021, the number of newly issued car driving licences was 7.8 percent higher than in the previous year. Altogether 178 thousand new licences were issued. This was still 17.7 percent lower than in...
Turnover up in car and motorcycle sector, despite shortages
In Q1 2022, turnover in the Dutch motor vehicle and motorcycle sector rose by 21.5 percent year on year. This was partly due to price increases implemented in recent months, as well as to the...
Electrification in the Netherlands 2017–2021
This note aims to provide data that may help to quantify electrification in the Netherlands from 2017 - 2021 for the most releant technologies currently being used: heat pumps and electric cars
FEV and PHEV fleet, 2014-2021
This customised table contains data on the total fleet of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars as at 1 January (2014-2021) as well as the number of new plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) registered...
Car fleet growing faster than population
In January 2020 the passenger car fleet in the Netherlands stood at almost 8.7 million; this represented a faster growth rate than of the population aged 18 and over.
FEV and PHEV fleet
The data cover both fully electric vehicles (FEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) which were included in the vehicle licence registration database of the Netherlands Vehicle Authority...
Vehicle mileage abroad down by one-third in 2020
In pandemic year 2020, Dutch passenger cars, delivery vans, coaches, buses and heavy goods vehicles combined travelled a total distance of almost 15 billion kilometres outside the Netherlands.
PEV fleet keeps growing
As of 1 January 2021, the total passenger car fleet in the Netherlands stood at nearly 8.8 million. This is over 1 percent up on the previous year.
Motor vehicle and motorcycle trade: over 25% less turnover in Q2
In Q2 2020, turnover in the motor vehicle and motorcycle industry was over 25 percent lower than in the same quarter last year. This is the largest contraction in more than 25 years.