France August 2013

"Trying to win french taxi drivers hearts since 2010"

"Vacances" Edition

Yep, the EV market seems to have gone on holidays in France, registering just 649 units, the worst result of the year, more than 50%(!) less than in June...Despite this, the EV share remained stable at 0,79% because the french auto market as a whole hit historic lows, making August '13 the worst sales month since...August 1976!

The Renault Zoe registered just 198 units, a worrying result that represented just 25% of what it had sold in June. Considering that the french hatch is responsible for 45% of the french EV market, it is important that in September the Zoe bounces back to decent levels (500-plus units) if Renault wants to avoid the "Failure" tag on the Zoe.

Maybe more importantly, its main rival in European turf hit an all time high: The Nissan Leaf recorded 148 sales, just 50 units behind the homeboy Zoe, a great performance considering that France is by far the largest market of the Zoe.

Further down the ranking, the Mitsubishi I-Miev is experiencing a surprising revival, it's now in #14, two places above last years performance and we also welcome a new player in the market, the Ford Focus Electric registering its first 4 units.

Pl	France	August	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Renault Zoe	198	4.140	45	13
2	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	150	2.415	26	1
3	Nissan Leaf	148	781	8	6
4	Renault Twizy e)	40	401	4	2
5	Goupil G3	30	379	4	10
6	Bolloré Blue Car	20	288	3	3
7	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	25	269	3	7
8	Smart Fortwo ED	1	177	2	12
9	Mia Electric		140	2	8
10	Peugeot iOn	10	90	1	5
11	Citröen C-Zero	15	42	0	4
12	Opel Ampera		36	0	11
13	Renault Fluence ZE	1	17	0	9
14 14 16 17 18 19 20	Mitsubishi I-Miev Volvo V60 Plug-In e) Fisker Karma Chevrolet Volt Ford Focus Electric Neoma Lumeneo Tesla Roadster	6 1 4	15 15 11 10 4 3 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0	16 N/A 15 14 N/A N/A 17
	TOTAL	649	9.234	100

e) Estimate

Source: Manufacturers, Automobile Propre