There are countless differences between France and Germany, one of them being incentives for buying an electric car. There’s a very substantial €7,000 ($9,213) incentive in France, and there’s nothing like it in Germany. The Germans are paying the full price. France is supposed to be different because it’s a world leader in CO2-free electricity with nuclear energy. This should be the perfect match for zero emission EVs, and several French politicians have expressed their support towards EVs launching policies which should make France the leading country for EVs in Europe. That didn’t happen. Germans bought more electric cars than the French last month (435 versus 403, sales of the Renault Zoe were down to 198 cars).
Germany’s ahead, and it will keep its lead. France remains at the first position with year-to-date sales, as there were only 3,339 electric cars sold so far this year in Germany, but sales are expected to rise fast with the market introduction of the Volkswagen e-up! and the BMW i3. Norway’s also ahead, meaning the new order puts France as Europe’s third largest market for EVs.
poor idiots
9000 electric vehicles were sold in france during the first 8 months
5700 cars + 3300 business vehicles like kangoo ze and goupil.
than shut up poor ignorants.
the electric vehicles market will always be bigger in france than in germany.
“That didn’t happen. Germans bought more electric cars than the French last month (435 versus 403, sales of the Renault Zoe were down to 198 cars).”
wrong you forgot the 50 goupil and the 200 kangoo ze.
ignorant.
You can’t mix passenger car sales and utility sales. I didn’t and electric passenger cars sales were higher in Germany than in France last month. Then Germany is racing ahead, BMW has more than 2,000 orders for its i3, all signed last week in Frankfurt.