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Affordable Dacia Spring Takes Pole As France Hits Record 23.5% Plugin EV Share

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November saw France, Europe’s second largest auto market, hit a record 23.5% Legacy diesels and plugless hybrids continued to stagnate below 20% share, with petrol taking a breath at just under 37% share, before its next dive. plugin electric vehicle share, up from 14.8% share a year ago.

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June 2023 – Record market share for EVs in France

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France saw a new EV record high of 26.9% YoY), with both Petrol share (35.8%) and Diesel share (9.3%) hitting record lows. France bestsellers France’s new EV record high was helped by Tesla’s combined Model Y and Model 3 volumes, which hit an all time high for the brand in June, with 8,301 units delivered. year on year.

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Spring is sprung in France

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France saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.1% Petrol share however took up some of the slack, and grew to 40.4%, the highest level seen since July 2021! There were no newcomers in the top 20, and most models saw a decline in sales volume compared to the end-of-quarter push in March. The bestselling plugin was the Dacia Spring.

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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g/km, almost half that produced by diesel and petrol vehicles. France was the only market to see better results, as its average fell from 112.0 Pure electric cars have a 2% market share in France, this being the highest share among all five major markets. The average emissions of electrified vehicles, was 63.2 g/km last year.

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

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Affordability is clearly a major barrier. Consumers looking for an alternative to diesel now often opt for petrol vehicles or hybrid ones, but aren’t yet making the switch to electrically-chargeable cars on a large scale. ECV market share of 5 biggest EU car markets in 2016. ECV Units sold. GDP per capita. United Kingdom.

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New UK carmaker unveils new plug-in hybrid

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The vehicle combines full electric mode for short distance travel and uses a petrol or bioethanol powered engine for long distance or motorway travel. Axon Automotive uses revolutionary manufacturing techniques to make carbon fibre technology, which has been associated with racing cars, affordable for eco cars. “By Axon Automotive Ltd.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Expected deposits in 2009 and first sales in CA in 2010.

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