Tuesday, January 22, 2013

France Full Year 2012

Renault Zoe

Despite a terrible December, when sales were down from 1.012 units in November to just 586, 2012 was a great year for EV's in France, with sales more than tripling and reaching 11.447 vehicles, keeping the french market as the third largest in the world.

Models-wise, the Renault Kangoo ZE kept the best seller crown it had earned in 2011, but the great performance of the year belonged to the Renault Twizy, landing in #2 with a great 19% share. On the other hand, the biggest loser also came from Renault, with the Fluence ZE down 26% and dropping 4 places to #9. It looks like the french sedan didn't convinced cab fleet companies...

In third comes the Bolloré Blue Car, a car used by the Autolib carsharing company, an example of the importance of fleets in this market.

Further down, notice the best-selling Plug-In Hybrid, the Toyota Prius at #7 and 4th in December, promising a successful 2013 for Toyota.

Finally, in #12 there's the "Next Big Thing" in the french market, the Renault Zoe, hoping Renault that it can complete with it the Kangoo and Twizy top spots, performing for the french carmaker a 1-2-3 podium this year.

France Dec 2012 %
Renault Kangoo ZE 168 2.869 25
Renault Twizy 96 2.232 19
Bolloré Blue Car
1.543 13
Peugeot iOn 66 1.429 12
Citröen C-Zero 13 1.335 12
Nissan Leaf 34 524 5
Toyota Prius Plug-In 60 413 4
Mia Electric 47 389 3
Renault Fluence ZE
295 3
Opel Ampera 28 190 2
Smart Fortwo ED 35 66 1
Renault Zoe 36 48 0
Chevrolet Volt 1 34 0
Mitsubishi I-Miev
24 0
Fisker Karma 2 21 0
VW Golf Blue-e-motion
15 0
Tesla Roadster
10 0
BMW Active E
10 0
TOTAL 586 11.447 100

Source: automobile-propre.com

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