Plugin Vehicles = 23% Of New Car Sales In France
The Dacia Spring was last month’s best selling EV and the 6th best selling car overall in France.
The Dacia Spring was last month’s best selling EV and the 6th best selling car overall in France.
The Renault Zoe was the 9th best selling car overall in France in October, and the Dacia Spring EV was 13th.
The Tesla Model 3 was the 9th best selling car overall in France in September, and the Renault Zoe was 13th.
The French plugin vehicle market took its usual holiday in August, with last month’s plugin registrations ending at 17,404 units, divided between 9,916 BEVs and 7,488 PHEVs. The former jumped 78% year over year (YoY), while the latter were up 42%. In isolation, these numbers might sound meh. After all, … [continued]
After a record month in June, the French plugin vehicle market took some time to breathe in July, with last month’s plugin registrations ending at 18,247 units, just 5% above July 2020. In isolation, the number sounds meh, but it is still the best July ever, and if you compare … [continued]
The French plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, with June’s plugin vehicle share of the country’s overall auto market reaching 19% last month (11% BEV). France had a record 37,408 registrations of plugin vehicles, a new record, pulling the year-to-date (YTD) share to a record 16% (7.9% BEV), … [continued]
As we roll toward 2021, we have some truly exciting and competitive electric vehicles arriving that aren’t Teslas. (Finally!) One of those models — perhaps the one that will end up selling at the highest volume — is the Volkswagen ID.4.
In a video titled “Poor Man’s Autopilot,” the owner of an i3 with the ability to do self-parking and adaptive cruise control explains how to mimic Tesla’s Autopilot. And there are many more than this.
Before the modern electric car era, if you needed a car and wanted something fuel efficient, your best options were generally Toyotas and Hondas, the two companies that led on hybrids and fuel-efficient non-hybrids. There are generations of drivers who still love Toyota and Honda as a result of those cars and these two companies’ reputations for reliability, fuel efficiency, and high quality for the money. But Tesla is now setting a much higher bar, and consumers are responding.
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