France: Plug-In Car Sales Improved 50% In July 2023

Dacia Spring once again was the best-selling plug-in model for the month.

Dacia Spring

Mark Kane

By: Mark Kane

Aug 8, 2023 at 6:30am ET

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New passenger car registrations in France increased in July by 20 percent year-over-year to 128,947, taking the year-to-date total to 1,018,732 (up 15.8 percent year-over-year).

The plug-in electric car segment was growing even faster last month. According to L’Avere-France, last month 30,097 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in France (up 50 percent year-over-year), which represented 23.3 percent of the market (compared to 18.7 percent a year ago).

An interesting thing is that in July, sales of plug-in hybrid cars increased by 80 percent year-over-year, compared to "just" 32 percent in the case of all-electric cars. It's doubtful that PHEVs will now grow faster than BEVs, but definitely they still have some potential.

New plug-in vehicle registrations:

Passenger BEVs: 16,867 (up 32%) and 13.1% market share
Passenger PHEVs: 13,230 (up 80%) and 10.3% market share
Total Passenger plug-ins: 30,097 (up 50%) and 23.3% market share
Light commercial BEVs: 2,077 (up 158%) and 7.0% market share
Light commercial PHEVs: 34 (down 29%)
Total plug-ins: 32,208 (up 54%)

Plug-in car sales in France – July 2023

So far this year, more than 262,000 new plug-in electric vehicles were registered in France, including over 246,000 passenger plug-in cars (up 40 percent year-over-year and 24.1 percent market share).

Registrations year-to-date:

Passenger BEVs: 154,786 (up 46%) and 15.2% market share
Passenger PHEVs: 91,220 (up 30%) and 9.0% market share
Total Passenger plug-ins: 246,006 (up 40%) and 24.1% market share
Light commercial BEVs: 16,723 (up 136%)
Light commercial PHEVs: 222 (down 44%)
Total plug-ins: 262,951 (up 43%)

For reference, in 2022, more than 346,000 new plug-in electric vehicles were registered in France.

*some data on the charts are estimated

Models

When it comes to individual models, the entry-level Dacia Spring was the top all-electric car (and 11th overall) in July, thanks to 2,127 registrations.

The Tesla Model Y was also strong, with 1,631 units (2nd BEV), followed by the Fiat 500 electric (1,251 units).

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After the first seven months of the year, the top three BEVs are the Tesla Model Y (19,372), Dacia Spring (17,210), and Fiat 500 electric (13,536), slightly ahead of the Peugeot e-208 (13,235).

Detailed numbers of plug-in car registrations are provided by L’Avere-France: