Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2021
The Renault Group has entered two major partnerships for the production of Li-ion batteries in France. In line with commitments made by the Renault Group, it will significantly contribute to achieving carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040 and worldwide by 2050, with EV sales making up 90% of all Renault brand sales by 2030.
Teslarati
JANUARY 12, 2024
Stellantis Ventures became a strategic investor of France-based Tiamat, which is developing and commercializing sodium-ion battery technology. Stellantis’ investment in Tiamat supports its goal to provide customers with clean, safe, and affordable mobility worldwide. Sodium is also available abundantly around the world.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
The market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) is directly correlated to a country’s GDP per capita, showing that affordability is a major barrier to consumers. Almost 80% of all electric car sales are concentrated in just six Western European countries with some of the highest GDPs. France – 2.8% (GDP of €35,960).
CleanTechnica EVs
DECEMBER 1, 2021
November saw France, Europe’s second largest auto market, hit a record 23.5% plugin electric vehicle share, up from 14.8% share a year ago. Legacy diesels and plugless hybrids continued to stagnate below 20% share, with petrol taking a breath at just under 37% share, before its next dive.
Teslarati
JUNE 21, 2022
The production facility will take advantage of existing Renault infrastructure, being an expansion of an existing plant in Northern France , the Ruitz plant, part of Renault’s ElectriCity. And in the meantime, we thus reaffirm our willingness to produce popular, affordable, and cost-effective electric cars in France”.
Push EVs
JULY 10, 2023
France saw a new EV record high of 26.9% France bestsellers France’s new EV record high was helped by Tesla’s combined Model Y and Model 3 volumes, which hit an all time high for the brand in June, with 8,301 units delivered. This makes for six BEV models with over 2,000 monthly sales in June, a new record. PushEVs.
Push EVs
JUNE 15, 2023
With tweaked efficiency over previous Stellantis BEV generations, and being a relatively light “Small SUV” (B-segment), the Avenger has WLTP combined cycle range of upto 404 kilometres, which — in the mild climates of France and southern Europe — can be enough for many families. What are your thoughts on France’s plugins, and EV transition?
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