Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 29,184 units, divided between 19,657 BEVs (or 17% share of the overall auto market) and 9,527 PHEVs (8% share of the auto market). The former jumped 60% year over year (YoY), while the latter were up by 55%.
Looking at the remaining powertrains, while petrol is kind of hanging on (38% share this August vs. 39% a year ago), diesel is in freefall (9% now vs. 16% a year ago), so the black fuel’s new car sales could be dead a year from now in France! And to think France had 72% diesel share in 2012….
The overall market was in recovery mode in August, up 24% YoY, but plugins grew faster than the overall market and reached 24% share of the market (15% BEV) through the first 8 months of the…
Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.