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PHEV's slowing down
The French EV market had more than 2.600 registrations in May, representing a 44% increase over May 2015, with the market set to surpass the 45.000 units by year end.
The EV Share is at 1,74%, a significant departure from the 1,41% of 2015.
France is known for being a stable market, with little changes in the ranking, and May confirmed that, one has to go down to the Ninth Place to see a position change, with the Kia Soul EV rising one position to #9, with the Citröen e-Mehari doing the same in #14, but the VW e-Up! (45 units, best result in 2 years), did even better, jumping three positions to #26. May saw plug-in hybrids lose share to BEV’s, now that buyers have less fiscal incentives to buy PHEV’s. Money makes the world go round…
Looking at the brands ranking, the Ruling Force of Renault (#1 since 2011) continues to be the Master In Command, with 43%, followed at a distance by Nissan (15%) and BMW (9%).
| Pl | France | May | 2016 | % | '15Pl |
| 1 | Renault Zoe | 945 | 5.275 | 35 | 1 |
| 2 | Nissan Leaf | 409 | 2.077 | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Renault Kangoo ZE e) | 150 | 1.089 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | BMW i3 | 99 | 588 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Volkswagen Golf GTE | 103 | 580 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Peugeot iOn | 65 | 525 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Bolloré Blue Car | 77 | 451 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Volvo XC90 T8 | 89 | 429 | 3 | N/A |
| 9 10 | Kia Soul EV Audi A3 e-Tron | 80 54 | 396 376 | 3 2 | 13 6 |
| 11 12 | BMW X5 40e Citröen C-Zero | 43 50 | 302 298 | 2 2 | 20 15 |
| 13 | Tesla Model S | 37 | 282 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Citröen e-Mehari | 71 | 246 | 2 | N/A |
| 15 | BMW 225xe Active Tourer | 15 | 229 | 2 | N/A |
| 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 | Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Peugeot Partner EV e) Goupil e) Renault Twizy Nissan e-NV200/Evalia e) Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV BMW 330e Bolloré Blue Summer e) Mercedes C350e Volkswagen Passat GTE Volkswagen e-Up! Citröen Berlingo EV e) Volkswagen e-Golf Volvo V60 Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW i8 Mercedes B250e Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes S500e Others | 43 30 40 42 20 17 18 30 17 21 45 10 7 1 9 2 2 6 6 | 211 194 189 181 172 149 138 123 107 94 88 70 60 56 46 45 39 33 26 25 15 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 12 21 14 11 16 7 N/A N/A 27 19 18 23 22 26 30 25 24 28 31 32 |
| TOTAL | 2.653 | 15.204 |
