France April 2013

White Renault Zoe

The Zoe Factor

Another good month for the french EV market, with 1.438 units sold and market share at 0,84%. In the models ranking, the Renault Zoe is leading for the third consecutive month, representing 48% of the market. The utilitarian Kangoo ZE is a consistent second and the Nissan Leaf is far behind in third. On the losers side, the Renault Twizy was fourth in April and remains #5 YTD, three positions behind the brilliant second place it had last year.

Brandwise, Renault absolutely dominates the market with 82% share, with Nissan in a distant second with just 6% and Bolloré third with 4%. In fact, the Renault-Nissan alliance owns 88% of the french market, something unparalleled in major EV markets.

Pl	France	April	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Renault Zoe	748	2.347	48	12
2	Renault Kangoo ZE	436	1.487	30	1
3	Nissan Leaf	94	318	6	6
4	Bolloré Blue Car	51	209	4	3
5	Renault Twizy	53	186	4	2
6	Smart Fortwo ED	33	148	3	11
7	Mia Electric	11	90	2	8
8	Peugeot iOn	2	71	1	4
9	Opel Ampera	2	29	1	10
10	Citröen C-Zero	1	23	0	5
11	Renault Fluence ZE	5	10	0	9
12	Fisker Karma	1	7	0	14
13	Chevrolet Volt	1	7	0	13
14	Tesla Roadster		1	0	16
	TOTAL	4.933	1.438	100

Source: Manufacturers, Automobile Propre