In July, 24% of new car sales were BEVs in France, up from 20% last July - but overall vehicle sales were down.
Top seller by a long way was the new Renault 5, which echoes the shape of the original R5. You might remember the R5 as Le Car or Lectric Leopard if you're close to my age. They're painting them bright colors - eye-catching nearly-fluorescent orange and green, for example. It reminds me of similarly striking 1975-76 US VW Rabbit colors. I haven't driven an R5 yet, but our nearby large Renault dealer seems to have a different one on the front lot, in the "look at me" spot, every time I go by. The smaller Renault dealer, which hasn't previously stocked many EVs - their owner is quite old-school - is using one as their service car. Second place (47% fewer than R5) went to the BMW IX1, and in third place (52% fewer than R5) was the Tesla Y. Full list: Renault 5 BMW IX1 Tesla Y Renault Scenic E-tech VW ID3 Skoda Elroc Citroen E-C3 Renault Megane E-tech Peugeot E-208 Dacia Spring Audi Q4 E-tron Renault 4 VW ID4 Kia EV3 BMW IX2 Peugeot E-3008 Hyundai Inster Tesla 3 Audi Q6 E-tron Hyundai Kona I'm a bit surprised that the Fiat Grand Panda - a more stylish and slightly more expensive version of the Citroen E-C3 - didn't make the list. A friend of mine recently got one and really likes it so far. Of these, I think that only the Teslas, the Audis, the VW ID4, and the Hyundai Kona are offered in the US. The Kia EV3 may be soon. The BYD Dolphin Surf is just starting to arrive at dealers here. It's been selling well in other EU countries, however. It won't qualify for France's eco bonus, but that's shrunk significantly with recent budget cuts, so that's not likely to hurt it very much. If you re-sort the above list by corporations (without adding other models not on the list), in the top 5 spots you get Renault/Dacia VW/Audi/Skoda BMW Stellantis Tesla It's almost like having EVs in multiple size, shape, and price classes increases a corporation's total EV sales. Funny, that. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Ordinary decent people are sick and tired of being told that ordinary decent people are sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am. -- anonymous = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
