France – December 2014 & Full Year
Generous September and December campaigns saved the 2014 totals.
Record sales of Renault Zoe & Kangoo stood for the strong increase over December ‘13 and Nov ’14. Temporary peaks in Outlander, Zoe and Leaf sales caused the September spike.
Structural issues?
2014 totals are 15 700 PEV sales, an 11 % increase over 2013, in a nearly unchanged total market. Preliminary Light Vehicle (PC & LCV) share was 0,72 %, Twizy included.
Without the extraordinary September and December results, 2014 sales had declined vs 2013. EV sales in France are particularly vulnarable now, with a lack of new models from the dominating RN-Alliance and too few CCS fast charging points, making it harder to adopt EV newcomers from the German brands.
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