France May 2015 (Updated)

Rise... Edition

The French EV market continues in good health, with more than 1.800 units sold last month, pulling the EV Share definitely above the 1% barrier, to 1.11%, and with YTD sales rising 75% YoY, it looks that the French market is finally on the right track, but the same can't be said about the domestic models...

...There was a time when domestic carmakers, along with that honorary french named Nissan, had this market almost all to themselves (They ended 2014 with 81% of the market), but this year the Status Quo is being questioned by VAG ~~Empire~~ Group, with VW, Audi and Porsche all registering record numbers, their sales Share rose from 3% last year to 13% and i suspect that VAG could reach some 30% next year.

Proof of that is the last monthly best sellers ranking, if the Renault Zoe continues in #1 (No surprises here), the VW Golf GTE sets a new high for Plug-in hybrids, reaching #2 with 194 units, a new monthly record for a PHEV model in France.

The Audi A3 e-Tron has become another frequent customer of the Top 5, selling 134 units, both launching great prospects for VAG reaching one (two?) podium seat.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Renault Zoe	667
2	VW Golf GTE	194
3	Renault Kangoo ZE	184
4	Nissan Leaf	135
5	Audi A3 e-Tron	134

Looking at the YTD ranking, while the podium positions remain stable, the Bolloré Blue Car was down two positions to #5, being surpassed by the VAG cousins Golf GTE (#4) and A3 e-Tron (#5), something that illustrates well how the market is going...

Looking ahead, June is usually a strong month, so expect a great (record?) month for the Zoe, and with the Bolloré now being assembled in Dieppe's Renault factory, the french EV should also see a rise in sales.

Pl	France	May	YTD 15	%	'14Pl
1	Renault Zoe	667	3.554	40	1
2	Nissan Leaf	135	890	10	3
3	Renault Kangoo ZE	184	694	8	2
4	Volkswagen Golf GTE	194	510	6	N/A
5	Audi A3 e-Tron	134	450	5	N/A
5 7 8	Bolloré Blue Car BMW i3 Mitsu. Outlander PHEV	46 71 37	387 338 254	4 4 3	4 6 5
9	Renault Twizy e)	50	241	3	8
10	Tesla Model S	50	194	2	10
11	Smart Fortwo ED	43	177	2	7
12	Goupil	49	172	2	9
13 14 15 16 17	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Kia Soul EV Peugeot iOn Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Peugeot Partner EV	17 17 26 30 6	157 144 112 77 69	2 1 1 1 1	12 19 13 N/A 17
17 19	Volkswagen e-Golf Volkwagen e-Up!	30 20	69 67	1 1	15 11
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29	Citröen C-Zero BMW i8 Citröen Berlingo EV Volvo V60 Plug-In Mercedes B-Class ED Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes S500 Plug-In Mercedes C350e Porsche 918 Mitsubishi I-Miev Opel Ampera	13 7 6 11 8 1 3 4 3 1 1	65 45 33 25 23 19 8 4 3 2 2	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	14 21 16 18 N/A 21 N/A N/A 27 N/A 23
	TOTAL	1.860	8.773	100