page_title: Electric car use by country
section_title: Netherlands
hierarchical_section_title: Electric car use by country / Netherlands
caption_attribution_description: English: Tesla Model S in PC Hooftstraat Amsterdam, the Netherlands
context_page_description: Electric car use by country varies worldwide, as the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles is affected by consumer demand, market prices, availability of charging infrastructure, and government policies, such as purchase incentives and long term regulatory signals.
  Plug-in electric vehicles are generally divided into all-electric or battery electric vehicles, that run only on batteries, and plug-in hybrids, that combine battery power with internal combustion engines. The popularity of electric vehicles has been expanding rapidly due to government subsidies, their increased range and lower battery costs, and environmental sensitivity. However, the stock of plug-in electric cars represented just about 1 out of every 250 motor vehicles on the world's roads by December 2018.
  Global cumulative sales of highway-legal light-duty plug-in vehicles reached 2 million units at the end of 2016, 3 million in November 2017, and the 5 million milestone in December 2018. By the end of 2019 the stock of light-duty plug-in vehicles totaled about 7.5 million units. Sales of plug-in passenger cars achieved a 2.5% market share of new car sales in 2019, up from 2.1% in 2018, and 1.3% in 2017.
context_section_description: As of 31 March 2020, there were 218,501 highway-legal light-duty plug-in electric vehicles registered in the Netherlands, consisting of 116,148 pure electric cars, 97,553 range-extended and plug-in hybrids, and 4,800 all-electric light utility vans. 
  The plug-in market share declined from 9.9% in 2015, to 6.7% in 2016, and fell to 2.6% in 2017.
  From 1 January 2016, all-electric vehicles continue to pay a 4% registration fee, but for a plug-in hybrids the fee rises from 7% to 15% if its CO
  2 emissions do not exceed 50 g/km. The rate for a conventional internal combustion car is 25% of its book value.
  The Dutch government set a target of 15,000 electric vehicles in 2015, 200,000 in 2020 and 1 million in 2025. 
  The government exempted selected vehicles from registration fee and road taxes. 
  The exemption from the registration tax ended in 2013. Battery electric vehicles have special access to parking spaces in Amsterdam, queues for which can otherwise reach up to 10 years. 
  Free charging is offered in public parking spaces.
  Other factors contributing to the rapid adoption of plug-in electric vehicles are the Netherlands' small size, which reduces range anxiety; a long tradition of environmental activism; high gasoline prices (US$8.50 per gallon as of January 2013); and some EV leasing programs that provide free or discounted gasoline-powered vehicles for covering long distances.
caption: The Tesla Model S, released in the Dutch market in September 2013, is the country's top selling BEV car ever.[46]
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