France electric vehicle sales: September 2012
After a record month in August, September shows fewer registrations of private electric vehicles. PSA continues to lead the field…
September: the iOn leads, once again
For the second month in a row, Peugeot holds pole position in private EV sales, thanks to strong sales of the iOn. The Citroën C-Zero is in second place, ahead of the Nissan Leaf.
Apart from these 3 models, there are negligible sales: all the other models account for the 90 remaining registrations. BMW also appears in the market with 10 registrations of the 1 Series. These are not yet available commercially but are all the Active E version, which is a sort of laboratory on wheels for the future i range.
YTD sales end September 2012
The Bluecar stays in the lead, but the C-Zero and iOn are gaining ground. The Nissan Leaf has overtaken the Mia in the sales rankings.
Overall, the market share of electric vehicles has moved back to average, after a record month in August 2012.
How will the year end?
The PSA clearance promotion is clearly coming to an end… The Nissan Leaf isn’t taking off; the Mia is still an unusual car, the Renault Fluence is a flop and the other models do not have significant levels of sales.
It’s now clear that Renault will deliver the first highly-anticipated Zoes in 2013, and not earlier, apart from a few vehicles which were reserved for a few special clients.
It is difficult to imagine an exciting final quarter for private EV sales in 2012. It seems more likely that, once again, electric utility vehicles and four-wheelers will drive the market in this final quarter.
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