Plug-in electric vehicles in France
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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 CO2 emissions.[15][16] The government also provides non-monetary incentives; subsidies for the deployment of charging infrastructure; and long term regulations with specific targets.[17][18] Additionally, France passed a law in December 2019 to phase out sales of cars that burn fossil fuels by 2040.[17]
As of December 2021[update], a total of 786,274 light-duty plug-in electric vehicles have been registered in France since 2010, consisting of 512,178 all-electric passenger cars and commercial vans, and 274,096 plug-in hybrids.[14] Of these, over 50,000 were fully electric light commercial vehicles.[17] The split among type of powertrain is influenced by the rules of the government subsidies, which favors pure electric vehicles over plug-in hybrids.[10][11][19]
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.[17] Despite the global strong decline in car sales brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, plug-in electric car sales in France achieved a record market share of 11.2% in 2020, and then 18.3% in 2021.[20] A record of 315,978 light-duty plug-in vehicles were registered in 2021, up 62% from 2020, and the light-duty plug-in segment's market share rose to 15.1% in 2021.[14]
As of December 2019[update], France listed as the world's second largest market after China for light-duty electric commercial vehicles, with a stock of 49,340 utility vans in circulation.[17] The market share of all-electric utility vans attained 1.2% of new vans registered in 2014, rose to 1.8% in 2018, but declined to 1.7% in 2019.[17]
The Renault Zoe has led all-electric car sales in France since 2013, and is the country's all-time best selling plug-in electric car with more than 100,000 units registered through June 2020.[21] The electric utility van segment has been led by the Renault Kangoo Z.E. with over 21,000 units sold through February 2019.[22]