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kerakaali
Somewhat important to note I think is that the Netherlands has the highest public charge points to electric vehicle ratios in the world [0] which adds to the appeal (and lowers the barrier) of owning an electric vehicle.

[0] https://twitter.com/TheICCT/status/915456384300281857

rnentjes
Also the taxes are changing so everyone wants one before the end of the year. Q1 2020 wont be this good.
Scarblac
That is mentioned in the first sentence of the article.
contravariant
True but I reckon it will be the main cause of the surge described in the article, the current tax rules happen to be very favourable for the Tesla model 3, which will be changed at the start of next year.