France August 2014 (Updated with LCV's)

Vacances II Edition

The French EV market declined yet again to 774 units sold, and there's nothing new here, as August is usually the worst selling month in France, due to holiday periods. What is a bit concerning, is that in the same month of 2013, sales surpassed 800 units, this trend also happened in the French global auto market, with last month being the worst in decades...When will the dark clouds disappear over the auto french market?

Speaking of the Models ranking, the leader Renault Zoe was down (167 units), just like most of the competition, which must have gone to the Cote D'Azur to enjoy the sun. The workhorse Kangoo ZE, instead, stayed at full speed, registering 232 units and winning the Best Selling title at the same time.

In the midst of this Laissez-Faire, there were two important introductions to the ranking, the VW e-Golf landed with 51 units and jumped right away to #5 in the monthly ranking, promising to be one tough cookie for the rest of the competition, will we see the german car fighting for the leadership soon? The other new addition is the Kia Soul EV, registering its first 11 units, if the korean brand starts to be as agressive in the EV market as it is in the regular car market, we should see the Soul EV slowly but surely climbing positions over time.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Renault Kangoo ZE	232
2	Renault Zoe	167
3	Nissan Leaf	59
4	BMW i3	52
5	Volkswagen e-Golf	51

By brands, Renault is high above in the leadership, now with 52% share, followed by Nissan (12%) and Bolloré (9%).

Pl	France	Aug	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Renault Zoe	167	2.614	30	1
2	Renault Kangoo ZE	232	1.646	19	2
3	Nissan Leaf	59	961	11	3
4	Bolloré Blue Car	50	752	9	4
5	BMW i3 *	52	367	4	13
6	Smart Fortwo ED	20	333	4	7
7	Goupil G3	20	248	3	6
8	Renault Twizy e)	20	240	3	5
9	Mit. Outlander PHEV e)	15	209	2	N/A
10	Tesla Model S	15	199	2	18
11	Peugeot iOn	6	183	2	11
12	Volkswagen e-Up!	19	172	2	15
13	Citröen C-Zero		127	1	12
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27	Nissan e-NV200 Opel Ampera Citröen Berlingo EV e) Volvo V60 Plug-In Peugeot Partner EV e) Volkswagen e-Golf Toyota Prius Plug-In  Porsche Panamera P.-In Kia Soul EV Mia Electric Ford Focus Electric Renault Fluence ZE Mc Laren P1 Fisker Karma	26 5 5 51 11 2 1	123 120 87 61 59 51 38 38 11 11 8 5 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A 16 N/A 9 N/A N/A 8 14 N/A 10 22 19 N/A 21
	TOTAL	774	8.664	100

e) Estimate

* - 17 Bev, 35 Rex 

Source: Avem.fr