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Originally published on EV Obsession.

There were around 1,800 electric car (including SUV & van) registrations in France during the month of July 2016, according to the most recent estimates from the EV Sales blog. That represents a roughly 12% year-on-year decrease from July 2015.

Despite the apparent slowdown during July 2016, year-to-date totals in France are actually up from 2015 by a substantial margin (around 43%).

Interestingly, all-electrics (EVs) captured an 82% share of the total plug-in market, a substantial majority — with plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models not even managing to make it into the top 5 rankings for the month.

The share of the overall French automotive market held by plug-in vehicles for 2016 now sits at around 1.66%. The 2015 plug-in electric vehicle share was 1.41%.

Unsurprisingly, the Renault Zoe accounted for a large majority of electric vehicle sales in the French market during July — with 488 units of the Zoe registered during the month. A further 190 Renault Kangoo ZEs were also registered (the model took the second spot during July), growing Renault’s dominance in the country.

The world’s top-selling EV in history, the Nissan LEAF, managed to take the third spot, with 155 units registered. The BMW i3 was a large step down at fourth (84 units), while the Peugeot iOn was right below it at fifth (with 77 units registered).

Jose Pontes provides a bit more (concerning year-to-date rankings): “France is known for being a stable market, with little changes in the ranking, and July confirms that — one has to go down to the #13 spot to see a position change, with the Citröen e-Mehari surpassing its C-Zero older brother, while the #21 VW Passat GTE is now the best-selling model of its class, leaving the smaller-electric-range BMW 330e and Mercedes C350e behind. Great landing by the Audi Q7 e-Tron, with 41 units, promising to make waves in the luxury SUV class.”

As far as brand market shares, Renault obviously took the top spot — with a 43% market share — followed by Nissan (14% market share) and BMW (8% market share).

France EV Sales 2014–2016 - July 2016

 
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James Ayre's background is predominantly in geopolitics and history, but he has an obsessive interest in pretty much everything. After an early life spent in the Imperial Free City of Dortmund, James followed the river Ruhr to Cofbuokheim, where he attended the University of Astnide. And where he also briefly considered entering the coal mining business. He currently writes for a living, on a broad variety of subjects, ranging from science, to politics, to military history, to renewable energy.

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