page_title: Plug-in electric vehicles in France
section_title: Sales
hierarchical_section_title: Plug-in electric vehicles in France / Sales
caption_attribution_description: English: Top-selling highway-legal light-duty plug-in electric vehicle country or regional markets by cumulative sales or registrations through December 2019. Figure for the Netherlands corresponds to stock on the road. Data for stock at December 2016 from Europe, China, and the U.S. from HybridCars.com, for California from CNCDA, for Japan and Norway from HybridCars.com, for France from HybridCars.com, for the Netherlands from RVO, for the UK from NextGreenCar.com, and for Germany from KBA. U.S. Tesla sales for 3Q 2016 were revised/updated based upon information provided from the company. The combined effect of both Tesla models was 1,116 less units than originally estimated, so the revised current-year-to-date figure for U.S. sales through September is 108,397 units, and cum sales since 2008 is 521,403. Figures through December 2016 from HybridCars.com. Japanese stock updated with data from IEA Outlook 2017 and California stock updated with actual data from CNCDA (2014-2017). Data for additional sales or registrations in 2017: China, Europe, and Japan - EV-sales; United States - HybridCARs, Norway - OFV, France - AVERE France, UK- SMMT, Germany - KBA, the Netherlands - RVO, and California 4Q 2017 from CNCDA. Data for additional sales or registrations in 2018 China: Gasgoo News US: InsideEVs Europe: EV Sales California: CNCDA (2014-2018) Norway: Norsk Elbilforening (stock at the end of 2018) Japan: EV Sales UK: Next Green Car (stock at the end of 2018) Germany: KBA France: AVERE France Netherlands: RVO (stock in use at the end of 2018) Canada: EV Sales Data for additional sales or registrations in 2019 China: EIA Global EV Outlook 2020 US: InsideEVs Europe: ACEA California: CNCDA (2015-2019) Norway: Norsk Elbilforening (stock at the end of 2019) Germany: KBA Japan: EIA Global EV Outlook 2020 UK: Next Green Car (stock at the end of 2019) France: AVERE France Netherlands: RVO (stock in use at the end of 2019) Canada: EIA Global EV Outlook 2020
context_page_description: The adoption of plug-in electric vehicles in the France is actively supported by the French government through a bonus-malus system through which provides subsidies towards the purchase of all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids with low CO
  2 emissions. The government also provides non-monetary incentives; subsidies for the deployment of charging infrastructure; and long term regulations with specific targets. Additionally, France passed a law in December 2019 to phase out sales of cars that burn fossil fuels by 2040.
  As of June 2020, a total of 344,725 light-duty plug-in electric vehicles have been registered in France since 2010. Cumulative registrations of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles consisted of 77,605 plug-in hybrids and 267,120 all-electric cars and vans, of which, over 50,000 were all-electric light commercial vehicles. The split among type of powertrain is influenced by the rules of the government subsidies, which favors pure electric vehicles over plug-in hybrids.
  The plug-in passenger car segment attained a market share of 0.5% in 2013, rose to 1.2% in 2015, 2.2% in 2018, and climbed to 2.8% in 2019.
context_section_description: As of June 2020, a total of 344,725 light-duty plug-in electric vehicles have been registered in France since 2010. Cumulative registrations of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles consisted of 267,120 all-electric cars and vans, and 77,605 plug-in hybrids. Of these, over 50,000 were all-electric light commercial vehicles.
  Until 2013, most plug-in cars registered in France were pure electric cars, but from 2015, sales of plug-in hybrid cars rose significantly. After the introduction of super-bonus for the scrappage of old diesel-power cars in April 2015, sales of both segments of plug-in cars surged, and for the first time the French plug-in market share passed the 1% mark, ending 2015 with a market share of 1.17% of total new car registrations that year. The stock of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles registered in France passed the 100,000 unit milestone in October 2016. 
  The market share of all-electric passenger cars increased from 0.30% of new car registered in 2012, to 0.49% in 2013, and reached 0.59% in 2014. The plug-in passenger car segment, including plug-in hybrids, climbed to 1.40% in 2016, and to 1.98% of new car registrations in 2017. The segment attained a market share of 2.2% in 2018, and rose to 2.8% in 2019. 
  Despite the global strong decline in car sales brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, plug-in electric car sales in France during the first six months of 2020 achieved a record sales volume of 65,267 units, and a market share of 9.1%. The surge in plug-in car sales is the result of French government pandemia stimulus incentives set in May 2020, which rose the electric car purchase bonus up to €12,000 for those owners scraping their old diesel cars.
  As of December 2019, France listed as the world's second largest market after China for light-duty electric commercial vehicles or utility vans, with a stock of 49,340 units in circulation. Nearly half of the electric vans sold in the European Union are sold in France as a result of a national purchase incentive scheme, which French companies have embraced. The market share of all-electric utility vans attained 1.2% of new vans registered in 2014, 1.3% in 2015, rose to 1.8% in 2018, but the market share declined to 1.7% in 2019.
caption: Cumulative light-duty plug-in electric vehicle sales in France compared to the world's top-selling countries and regional markets as of December 2019[update].
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