Thursday, May 15, 2014

France April 2014

Which one has the more Striking Look? Mmmmm...Tough Choice.

Slow Path to Recovery Edition

Slowly but surely, the french EV market is on its way to recovery, selling 1.212 units, making it the third month of sales improvement and pulling the EV Share to 0,61%, but still far from the 0,84% recorded last year.

The Zoe is growing at the same slow pace of the market, registering 410 units this April (Best sales month since October), the Nissan Leaf continues to surprise (178 units, best result since last October), while the Kangoo ZE (229 units, best result of the year) seems untouched for now by the competition of the Berlingo / Partner twins (They registered just 21 units combined), but as the competition increases (Nissan e-NV200 arrives in June), will the Kangoo ZE still be the undisputed king of electric LCV's some six months from now?


PlFranceAprilYTD%'13Pl
1Renault Zoe410994271
2Renault Kangoo ZE229712182
3Nissan Leaf178539143
4Bolloré Blue Car6934494
5Smart Fortwo ED6816647
6Goupil G34314846
7BMW i3 *43135413
8Opel Ampera5119316
9Volkswagen e-Up!4780215
10Peugeot iOn1877211
11Tesla Model S1876218
12Renault Twizy e)157225
13Volvo V60 Plug-In 176929
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Citröen C-Zero
Citröen Berlingo EV
Porsche Panamera P.-In e)
Mit. Outlander PHEV e)
Toyota Prius Plug-In e)
Peugeot Partner EV
Mia Electric
Ford Focus Electric
Renault Fluence ZE
Fisker Karma
6
12
5
15
5
9




43
42
38
37
32
19
11
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
12
N/A
14
N/A
8
N/A
10
22
19
21

TOTAL1.2123.748100

e) Estimate

* - 14 Bev, 29 Rex

Source: Manufacturers, Avere France, Automobile Propre


2 comments:

  1. I'm just baffled at how badly the Model S is selling in France. It's astonishing that they buy less of them than the Belgians (a much smaller country) I guess they are both waiting for superchargers to arrive and still preferring to buy a French car?

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  2. I think it's a little bit of both and i would add that it's also a matter of consumers taste, as all high-end plug-ins are having a hard time in France, with the best placed in the ranking being the Model S at...#11.

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