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Along with the Outlander PHEV, these three have put the EV French market On Fire

Getting Pretty for Mondial? Edition

Just when people were looking elsewhere (UK comes to mind) for plug-in mind-boggling results, the French Patient surprised almost everyone by shattering its previous sales sales record (1.816 units sold in March '13), selling 2.290 units in one month!

This result made the EV Share grow to 0,86%, putting it for the first time above last year result of 0,83%, and with YTD sales nearing 11.000 units, last year record of 15.000 units can still be achieved, but now there's the question: "Is this an artificial result for manufacturers to brag at the Paris Auto Show?"

Let's wait see if October confirms this or not.

Looking at the models ranking, everybody upfront had reasons to celebrate, with the leader Renault Zoe making its best result since March '13, placing it #38 in the General Ranking, the Nissan Leaf and BMW i3 beating their personal records (With a majority of BMW customers preferring the Rex version, a sign for the future?), but the real surprise was the Outlander PHEV, by selling 393 units, not only it has shattered its previous sales record, it has also made history for PHEV's in France, never before a plug-in hybrid had sold in the three digits area, and it was also the first time that a PHEV reached the podium. With this surprising result, the japanese SUV jumped 4 positions in the YTD ranking, from #9 to #5, and if these numbers continue in the next couple of months, we could even see the Outlander reach #4, which would be a really surprising feat.

PlModelSales  
1
Renault Zoe
914
2Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV393
3Nissan Leaf294
4Renault Kangoo ZE e)250
5Bolloré Blue Car136



PlFranceSeptYTD%'13Pl
1Renault Zoe9143.528321
2Renault Kangoo ZE e)2501.896172
3Nissan Leaf2941.254113
4Bolloré Blue Car13688884
5Mit. Outlander PHEV3936026N/A
6BMW i3 *72439413
7Smart Fortwo ED6439747
8Renault Twizy e)
25
33435
9Goupil G3 e)2026826
10Tesla Model S19218218
11Peugeot iOn9192211
12Volkswagen e-Up! e)20192215
13Citröen C-Zero14141112
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Nissan e-NV200
Opel Ampera
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Volkswagen e-Golf e)
Peugeot Partner EV e)
Citröen Berlingo EV e)
Porsche Panamera P.-In e)
Toyota Prius Plug-In 
Kia Soul EV e)
Mia Electric
Ford Focus Electric
Renault Fluence ZE
Mc Laren P1
Fisker Karma
4

11
20
10
5
5







127
120
72
71
62
56
43
38
16
11
8
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
16
9
N/A
N/A
N/A
14
8
N/A
10
22
19
N/A
21

TOTAL2.29010.980100

e) Estimate

* - 16 Bev, 56 Rex 



Source: Avere France; Avem.fr
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