France April 2016

France's new electric baby is speeding up pace

e-Mehari Edition 

The French EV market registered 3.206 units, up only 32% regarding the same month last year, with the EV Share, down slightly to 1.8% share.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the surprise was the off month of the leader Zoe, with only 990 deliveries, down 21% YoY, while every other model present in the Top 5 had robust performances, thus compensating for the fall of Renault's electric hatch.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Renault Zoe	990
2	Nissan Leaf	492
3	Renault Kangoo ZE	255
4	Volkswagen Golf GTE	172
4	BMW i3	143

In the YTD ranking, the podium positions remained the same, but below it, the Peugeot iOn lost steam, (87 units, worst result of 2016), dropping two positions to #6, to the benefit of the BMW i3 and VW Golf GTE, now #4 and #5 respectively.

But not all was bad for the french models, the Bolloré Bluecar (122 units, year best) climbed two positions to #7, while the Citröen e-Mehari jumped seven positions to #15, selling 112 units, it was the first time it surpassed the 100 units mark and also the first time it outsold every plug-in model in the PSA stable, will it reach a Top 10 position? Dare i say Top 5?  

Also selling like hot cakes was the Kia Soul EV, jumping three positions to #10, thanks to a record 138 units, the first time it reached the three digit area, will this be something to continue? It will depend on Kia willingness, i guess...

In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is stable in the lead (43% Share, down 1%), followed by Nissan (14%), while BMW (9%), benefits from the strong lineup to confirm itself as the third best selling brand.

Pl	France	April	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	990	4.330	34	1
2	Nissan Leaf	492	1.668	13	3
3	Renault Kangoo ZE	255	939	7	2
4	BMW i3	146	489	4	8
5 6	Volkswagen Golf GTE Peugeot iOn	172 87	477 460	4 4	4 9
7 8 9	Bolloré Blue Car Volvo XC90 T8 Audi A3 e-Tron	122 45 62	374 340 322	3 3 3	5 N/A 6
10 11 12 13	Kia Soul EV BMW X5 40e Citröen C-Zero Tesla Model S	138 42 52 38	316 259 248 245	3 2 2 2	13 20 15 10
14	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	46	214	2	N/A
15 16 17 18 19	Citröen e-Mehari Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Peugeot Partner EV e) Renault Twizy e) Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e)	112 44 30 45 22	175 168 164 160 152	1 1 1 1 1	N/A 12 21 11 16
20	Goupil	49	149	1	14
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV BMW 330e Bolloré Blue Summer Mercedes C350e Volkswagen Passat GTE Citröen Berlingo EV e) Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Golf	29 20 38 28 25 10 3 16	132 120 93 90 73 60 55 53	1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0	7 N/A N/A 27 19 23 26 22
29	BMW i8	8	43	0	25
29 31 31 33 34 35 36	Volkswagen e-Up!  Mercedes B250e Mitsubishi I-Miev Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes S500e Smart Fortwo ED	11 5 13 4 3 2 2	43 37 37 33 20 19 15	0 0 0 0 0 0 0	18 24 30 28 31 32 17
	TOTAL	3.206	12.572	100

e) Estimate

Source: Avere France

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Looking For EV's - Sweden April 2016 (Gothemburg)

EV Bus Route 55 -- Gothenburg's First Electric Bus

Gothemburg, also known as Volvo-Land, which is understandable if you consider that both Volvo Trucks and Car companies are based there. And it shows...They are everywhere!

Regarding EV's, plug-in Volvos were relatively common to see (Including the above electric Volvo Bus), in the two days there, i saw 2 or three V60 Plug-ins and one XC90 T8, but the real surprise was the number of Nissans, 3 or 4 Leafs, but also one e-NV200 and other Evalia electric.

We encountered plug-ins with relative ease, the aforementioned brands were the most common type of plug-ins, with the random I-Miev (Or was it a C-Zero?), Prius Plug-in or Outlander PHEV zooming around.

Strangely, no Tesla here. Are their potential customers here all driving Volvos?

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