France saw a 5.5% YoY increase in new passenger car registrations to 124,982 units, as per InsideEVs. However, the country had a 10% YTD decrease to 1.24 million units compared to 2021’s results.
October results
Sales of plug-in electric vehicles also saw improvement. But the growth rate could have been stronger.
In October, the PEV category saw a 6.4% YoY increase to approximately 30,006 registrations per L’Avere-France.
The result comprises 27,969 passenger plug-in cars (up 3.2%). This figure contributes to a market share of 22.4%, slightly down from 22.9% the previous year.
As for all-electric cars, the category saw an 8% YoY increase to 16,861 registrations.
On the other hand, another record month was achieved by light commercial BEVs with 1,996 registrations.
New plug-in vehicle registrations
- Passenger BEVs: 16,861 (up 8%), with a market share of 13.5%
- Passenger PHEVs: 11,108 (down 4%), with a market share of 8.9%
- Light commercial BEVs: 1,996 (up 95%), with a market share of 7.1%
- Light commercial PHEVs: 41 (down 37%)
- Total plug-ins: 30,006 (up 6.4%)
Plug-in car sales in France – October 2022
There have been over 269,000 brand-new plug-in electric vehicle registrations in France this year to date. For comparison, more than 315,000 plug-ins were registered in 2021.
Registrations YTD:
- Passenger BEVs: 157,711 (up 29%), with a market share of 12.7%
- Passenger PHEVs: 99,663 (a 12% decline) with an 8.1% market share
- Light commercial BEVs: 11,608 (up 26%)
- Light commercial PHEVs: 494
- Total plug-ins: 269,476 (up 9.6%)
Models
In October, the Peugeot e-208 ranked first, with a 36% YoY increase to 2,350 new registrations. The compact electric car has also remained top 1 YTD with an increase of 11% to 16,459 units.
It was followed by the new Renault Megane E-Tech with 2,109 units.
The Fiat 500 electric finished in third place with 1,276 registrations, trailed by the fourth-placed Tesla Model 3 with 1,256 units.
It is also worth noting that the all-electric Fiat (13,730) has surpassed Dacia Spring (13,572) to overtake the YTD second place in France.
