The June auto market saw plugin EVs at 24.1% share in France, down from 26.9% year on year. Volume of both BEVs and PHEVs was down YoY.
The June auto market saw plugin EVs at 24.1% share in France, down from 26.9% year on year. Volume of both BEVs and PHEVs was down YoY, declining more than the overall market drop. Overall auto volume wasunits, down 4.8% YoY, and far below 2016–2019 seasonal norms . The Renault Megane was France’s best selling full electric vehicle in June.
The other main influence was the “social leasing” programme, running from January to mid February, which resulted in contracts being signed for up 50,000 new BEV leases . Most of the contracted BEVs were not necessarily delivered “at signing” but instead, several weeks or months later.As time has passed, most of these leased vehicles have now been delivered.
Putting up illegal barriers against affordable BEVs from the world’s highest volume BEV makers in China is not good news for European consumers, nor for the progress of the European EV transition. In the end — because trade barriers shelter the European auto-makers from the sobering winds of competition — it will mean that European autos become uncompetitive on price in the much larger global auto market outside Europe.
Back at the time of the “WMDs” hoax used by the US and UK to justify the Iraq invasion — which most European countries were opposed to — CSIS created a report proposing that in the future; “At the ongoing European Convention and at the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference, for appropriate issues and at appropriate levels, U.S. representatives should have the opportunity to observe proceedings and debates… both houses of the U.S.
Dacia, on the other hand, has already given up on last chance sales of the Spring — formerly a frequent best selling BEV in France — which was down to just 40 units in June.
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