France: Plug-In Car Sales Increased In August 2022
More than one in five new passenger cars were rechargeable.
New passenger car registrations in France increased in August (after 14 consecutive months of decline), by 3.8% year-over-year to 91,406. It's not yet enough to compensate the previous months, and the year-to-date result remains in the red at 970,933 (down 13.8%).
Good news comes also from the plug-in electric car segment, as all-electric car sales continue to expand.
According to L’Avere-France, last month some 19,920 plug-in vehicles were registered in France (up 10% year-over-year), including 19,082 passenger plug-in cars, which represents 20.9% of the market (vs. 19.8% a year ago).
All-electric car sales amounted to 12,302 (up 24%) and accounted for 13.5% of total new passenger car registrations. In contrast, plug-in hybrids were down 9% year-over-year.
New plug-in vehicle registrations:
- Passenger BEVs: 12,302 (up 24%) at 13.5% market share
- Passenger PHEVs: 6,780 (down 9%) at 7.4% market share
- Light commercial BEVs: 819 (up 14%) at 4.4% market share
- Light commercial PHEVs: 19 (down 39%)
- Total plug-ins: 19,920 (up 10%)
Plug-in car sales in France – August 2022
So far this year, over 200,000 new plug-in electric cars were registered in France.
Registrations year-to-date:
- Passenger BEVs: 118,369 (up 32%)
- Passenger PHEVs: 76,937 (down 15%)
- Light commercial BEVs: 7,911 (up 12%)
- Light commercial PHEVs: 418
- Total plug-ins: 203,651 (up 8.5%)
For reference, in the 12 months of 2021, over 315,000 plug-ins were registered in France.
*some data on the charts are estimated
Models
Just like in July, the most registered model in France was the all-new Renault Megane E-Tech with 1,521 units.
However, the Fiat 500 electric remains strong with 1,325 units in August and (11,185 year-to-date).
The Dacia Spring noted 988 units last month (10,852 YTD), while the Peugeot e-208 889 (and 11,980 YTD, which is enough to remain #1 so far this year).
It's worth noting that Tesla delivered some 702 units in August so it might be among the top models in September.
Detailed numbers of plug-in car registrations are provided by L’Avere-France:
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