This year, the Netherlands is leading the recruitment of an electric light commercial vehicle (LCV). So what’s behind this development?
The adoption of battery -powered electric light commercial vehicles in the European market is slowly progressing. Both the volume and share of fully electric vans decreased higher than fully electric passenger cars in 2024.
Part of the problem is higher costs than technology compared to diesel models. However, these tools have a limited driving range, which prevents intake.
However, new models such as Ford Transit, Renault Traffic and Volkswagen (VW) Transporter, as well as Stellantis’s updated offers gradually increases demand. In addition, zero emission zones in cities in Europe further encourage the adoption of technology.
In particular, the Netherlands stands out when it comes to cordless electric light commercial vehicles. Between January and July 2025, they made up 72.3 %of the total light commercial vehicle records in the country. According to home Volumes data, this is compared with only 8.4 %of the last year.

Why is the recruitment of battery -powered electric light commercial vehicles increases?
There are several factors in the Netherlands that can explain this important increase in the adoption of cordless electric light commercial vehicles:
Sharp market contraction: Total light commercial vehicle records fell approximately 79 %on an annual basis between January and July. In general, with such low volumes, the battery -powered electric light commercial vehicles will naturally have a much higher share.
Zero emission regions: Since the beginning of this year, some municipalities in the Netherlands, including cities such as Amsterdam, brought zero emission zones and pushed their fleets towards completely electric vans.
Tax Changes: Internal combustion motor (ICE) vans lost their exemption at the beginning of 2025 and now pays the entire BPM. Conversely, the battery -powered electric vans pay minimum fixed fees. Prior to January 2025, the internal combustion motor and fully electric vans were completely exempted when purchased by entrepreneurs.
Charging infrastructure: The Netherlands is currently one of the most intense public charging networks in Europe, which helps to adopt technology.
























































































