France's BEVs Grow By A Third YoY, Renault Megane Unassailable

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September 2022 saw plugin electric vehicles take 24.2% share of the French auto market, up from 21.5% year on year.

Full electrics grew share , but plugin hybrids fell, a pattern now common across Europe. Overall auto volume was 141,137 units, 5.5% more than last September, but well down from 2019’s almost 180,000 units. The new Renault Megane remained the best selling full electric.

In volume terms, against a backdrop of 5.5% overall auto growth, BEVs grew by 32.4% YoY, to 22,483 units. PHEVs fell by just over 1%, to 11,618 units. This pattern of steady BEV growth and PHEV shrinkage isDiesel-only vehicles fell below 15% of new sales for the second time, as they first did in March this year. Combined with petrol-only sales, these two traditional powertrains still clung on to just over half the market, though at their lowest combined level ever .

 

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Good stuff, slcuervo. Interesting competition in France, isn’t it, TeslaBest ?

That is a huge number of hydrogen powered vehicles.

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