Tesla’s vehicle registrations in the Netherlands fell 36% in May from a year earlier, with 1,057 units registered, down from 1,660 in May 2024.
Despite the drop, sales more than doubled when compared with April as Tesla continues ramping up production of the new Model Y.
The Elon-Musk led company saw its best-selling model, the Model Y, record 648 registrations during the month, ranking fourth among all cars and second among EV models.
The Model 3 followed with 404 units registered, according to data shared on Monday by the automotive industry association BOVAG.
Tesla’s overall share of the Dutch EV market in May stood at approximately 10.6%, led by the Model Y and Model 3. The Škoda Elroq was the best-selling EV, with 1,093 registrations, accounting for 10.5% of the electric vehicle segment.
The May decline contributed to a 31% drop in Tesla’s registrations in the Netherlands over the first five months of 2025, totaling 4,880 units compared to 7,865 a year earlier.
Despite the year-on-year drop, Tesla remained among the top-selling EV brands in the country, though it continued to face rising competition from Chinese and South-Korean brands.
Tesla sold 404 Model 3s, 23.3% less than a year ago. The model, upgraded in late 2023, is currently priced from €39,990 in the Dutch market ($45,400).
The Model Y, which was recently revamped, represented 648 vehicles.
The refreshed iteration of the SUV is priced from €45,990 ($52,200). The previous version still has inventory units available for purchase in the country.
Aiming to ramp up second quarter sales, the brand began in May offering a 0% rate on financial leasing until June 28, for customers taking delivery of the Model 3 by no later than the last day of June.
According to Tesla, costumers who buy a “Model Y from limited stock” in the Netherlands get offered “up to 2 years of free Supercharging” and a “€2,950 [$3,350] Tesla bonus.”
As the company works on refreshed versions of its flagship Model S and Model X, planned to be unveiled later this year, the models sold 2 and 3 units, respectively.
The Model S is priced from €110,990 ($126,000), while the Model X starts at €115,990 ($131,700).
Tesla in Europe
Last month, the company teased the Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) rollout in Europe, posting a video of an engineering test drive in Amsterdam.
The company highlighted that it was “pending regulatory approval,” which may be coming in September, through a new amendment on regulation from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
However, the new rules only apply to highways that are physically separated from vehicles — which means that several features of Tesla‘s FSD will not be available to European customers yet.
As it launches its supervised version across the globe, the company is set to launch the unsupervised full self-driving in Austin on June 12.
The ride-hailing service, previously set to start with its Cybercab model, will begin with “about 10 Model Ys,” on the first week, as reaffirmed by Elon Musk in late May.
