CES Cars of Fame

It’s that time of year again — and we’re not just talking about turkeys and Christmas trees. CES 2014 is right around the corner and QNX Software Systems will again be at the show, ready to unveil a new technology concept car.

For the past couple of years, we’ve driven into CES with cars that explore the future of automotive technology. Each car represents an important part of QNX history and because of this, we're excited to launch CES Cars of Fame. Each week, we’ll highlight a car on our blog, Twitter account, and Facebook page that we have showcased at CES. We’ll look at what made these cars so special and at the response they generated in the media and auto industry. And you get to participate, too: at the end of the series, you can vote for your favorite car!

We’re kicking things off on Tuesday, November 19. So stay tuned to this space and to @QNX_Auto on Twitter and to the QNX Software Systems Facebook page.

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France October 2013

The darling of the electric bunch, the Model S has arrived to France

Ray of Light Edition

After several months selling bellow expectations, the french EV market sold 1.570 units, making it the second best month of the year (March saw 1.816 sales), with a number of bright spots, like the slow recovery of the Zoe (503 units, best month since June), the year best result of the Bolloré Blue Car (203 units), up two positions to #4, and another personal best score of the Nissan Leaf (198 units), a consistent competitor in the Hexagon.

A final comment for the BMW i3, 17 units is good start, let's see how it behaves in the coming months.

Pl	France	Oct.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Renault Zoe	503	4.945	40	13
2	Renault Kangoo ZE	438	3.548	29	1
3	Nissan Leaf	198	1.156	9	6
4	Bolloré Blue Car	203	561	5	3
5	Renault Twizy e)	40	517	4	2
6	Goupil G3	38	456	4	10
7	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	24	318	3	7
8	Smart Fortwo ED	52	248	2	12
9	Mia Electric	17	192	2	8
10	Peugeot iOn	28	145	1	5
11	Citröen C-Zero	17	70	1	4
12	Opel Ampera	7	51	0	11
13	Mitsubishi I-Miev	6	33	0	16
14 15 15 17 18 18 20 21 22	Renault Fluence ZE Tesla Model S BMW i3 Volvo V60 Plug-In Chevrolet Volt Fisker Karma Ford Focus Electric Neoma Lumeneo Tesla Roadster	1 5 17	18 17 17 15 12 12 4 3 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	9 N/A N/A N/A 14 15 N/A N/A 17
	TOTAL	1.594	12.343	100

e) Estimate

Source: Manufacturers, Automobile Propre

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