Renault turns up the voltage

WESTERN EUROPE
Renault turns up the voltage
Mere straw-fire or first faint hint of eagerly awaited electric car breakthrough?
Published: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:50:33 GMT
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W-European first quarter electric car sales 2013

Life for Europe’s dejected electric car industry suddenly looks just a smidgen less tough in Europe, with first quarter registrations up by a third, following a 26.4 per cent rise in March, according to AID’s exclusively compiled figures.

But further scrutiny of encouraging March figures suggests that this superficially happy tale is not quite what it seems.

26.4%
Jump in March electric car registrations in Western Europe

An outwardly spirit boosting 26.4 per cent jump in March electric car registrations in Western Europe, sparked in large part by a threefold jump in Renault’s French backyard, can’t fail but raise electric car industry hopes that from now on purpose-built electric cars like Renault’s ZOE may at least capture some halfway decent sales from the region’s hitherto highly reluctant car buying public...more

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WEST EUROPEAN new ELECTRIC CAR SALES:
West European new electric car sales: by country MARCH 2013 VS MARCH 2012
West European new electric car sales: by country Q1 2013 VS Q1 2012

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