France January 2015

How high will it get?

Edition La Vedette Golf GTE

For the first time the French EV market had a January above the 1.000-mark, outselling the 837 units sold two years ago, which could mean that it might be on for a positive year.

Looking at the models ranking, the front runners have a slight change in their the usual 1-2-3-4 distribution, the Bolloré Blue Car ending in #3, its best position in the ranking since last July, ahead of the usual Bronze medalist, the Nissan Leaf, while in #5 we have a surprising newcomer, the Volkswagen Golf GTE lands with 69 units, stealing immediately the Best-Selling Plug-In Hybrid title away from the Outlander PHEV, will this be an indication that the GTE is going to make an impact in the French Market?

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Renault is still comfortably ahead, but with 50% of the market, one has to go back to 2012 to see the french manufacturer with such small share numbers.

Pl	France	Jan.	YTD 15	%	'14Pl
1	Renault Zoe	297	297	28	1
2	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	200	200	19	2
3	Bolloré Blue Car	120	120	11	4
4	Nissan Leaf	111	111	10	3
5	Volkswagen Golf GTE	69	69	6	N/A
6	Smart Fortwo ED	39	39	4	7
7	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	36	36	3	5
8	Renault Twizy e)	35	35	3	8
9	Goupil	30	30	3	9
10	Tesla Model S	26	26	2	10
11	Volkswagen e-Up!	17	17	2	11
12	Peugeot iOn	14	14	1	13
13	Citröen C-Zero	10	10	1	14
14 15 15 18 19 20	Volkswagen e-Golf BMW i3 * Toyota Prius Plug-In Volvo V60 Plug-In Kia Soul EV Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	9 8 8 5 3 1	9 8 8 5 3 1	1 1 1 0 0 0	15 6 21 18 19 12
	TOTAL	1.069	1.069	100