Friday 31 October 2014

W Europe - September BEV sales leap.

September W European electric car market - Mere blip or lasting change in underlying trends? Renault and Nissan put fizz into September’s sales



According to provisional figures compiled and published exclusively by AID every month, West Europe’s September’s electric car (BEV) registrations - energised chiefly by a combined Renault and Nissan registration spree in both France and the UK - hit the second-highest monthly level on record.

West Europe’s registrations of electric cars in September rose to 6,164 units, AID compiled figures reveal. That’s not only the second-highest monthly electric car registration total on record, but also beats last year’s same month levels by almost two-thirds.

6,164 = Western Europe's September battery electric car sales total

Unlike the familiar underlying developments seen so far this year and all of last year, when run-away electric car demand in stand-alone Norway provided a lone bright spot in the region, September’s jump in electric car registrations was due principally to striking gains in both France and the UK.