France September 2014

Automotive

Along with the Outlander PHEV, these three have put the EV French market On Fire

Getting Pretty for Mondial? Edition

Just when people were looking elsewhere (UK comes to mind) for plug-in mind-boggling results, the French Patient surprised almost everyone by shattering its previous sales sales record (1.816 units sold in March '13), selling 2.290 units in one month!

This result made the EV Share grow to 0,86%, putting it for the first time above last year result of 0,83%, and with YTD sales nearing 11.000 units, last year record of 15.000 units can still be achieved, but now there's the question: "Is this an artificial result for manufacturers to brag at the Paris Auto Show?"

Let's wait see if October confirms this or not.

Looking at the models ranking, everybody upfront had reasons to celebrate, with the leader Renault Zoe making its best result since March '13, placing it #38 in the General Ranking, the Nissan Leaf and BMW i3 beating their personal records (With a majority of BMW customers preferring the Rex version, a sign for the future?), but the real surprise was the Outlander PHEV, by selling 393 units, not only it has shattered its previous sales record, it has also made history for PHEV's in France, never before a plug-in hybrid had sold in the three digits area, and it was also the first time that a PHEV reached the podium. With this surprising result, the japanese SUV jumped 4 positions in the YTD ranking, from #9 to #5, and if these numbers continue in the next couple of months, we could even see the Outlander reach #4, which would be a really surprising feat.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Renault Zoe	914
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	393
3	Nissan Leaf	294
4	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	250
5	Bolloré Blue Car	136

Pl	France	Sept	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Renault Zoe	914	3.528	32	1
2	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	250	1.896	17	2
3	Nissan Leaf	294	1.254	11	3
4	Bolloré Blue Car	136	888	8	4
5	Mit. Outlander PHEV	393	602	6	N/A
6	BMW i3 *	72	439	4	13
7	Smart Fortwo ED	64	397	4	7
8	Renault Twizy e)	25	334	3	5
9	Goupil G3 e)	20	268	2	6
10	Tesla Model S	19	218	2	18
11	Peugeot iOn	9	192	2	11
12	Volkswagen e-Up! e)	20	192	2	15
13	Citröen C-Zero	14	141	1	12
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27	Nissan e-NV200 Opel Ampera Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Golf e) Peugeot Partner EV e) Citröen Berlingo EV e) Porsche Panamera P.-In e) Toyota Prius Plug-In  Kia Soul EV e) Mia Electric Ford Focus Electric Renault Fluence ZE Mc Laren P1 Fisker Karma	4 11 20 10 5 5	127 120 72 71 62 56 43 38 16 11 8 5 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A 16 9 N/A N/A N/A 14 8 N/A 10 22 19 N/A 21
	TOTAL	2.290	10.980	100

e) Estimate

* - 16 Bev, 56 Rex 

Source: Avere France; Avem.fr

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