Tesla continues to lead the electric vehicle race but other car manufacturers are also experiencing greater demand for their EVs, including Renault.
In 2019, the French automaker sold a total of 62,447 electric cars around the world, a significant jump up from the roughly 49,300 EVs that it sold in 2018 and the 36,300 sold back in 2017.
The vast majority of EVs sold by Renault came in the form of the cute Zoe, shifting a total of 48,269 units throughout 2019 and 4,853 in December. The next most popular EV from Renault is the Kangoo Z.E. (10,349 units sold) followed by China’s City K-ZE with 2,658 sales and the Master Z.E. with 296 sales. The Renault SM3 Z.E. sold exclusively in South Korea accounted for 875 sales.
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These figures do not include the Renault Twizy as it is considered a light or heavy quadricycle depending on the market.
“Group sales rose in the last quarter thanks to the success of new launches in the group’s core markets such as Europe, Russia, and in India, where Renault is growing strongly,” sales and regions executive vice president of Groupe Renault, Olivier Murguet said.
“In 2020, we will benefit from full-year sales of our best-selling New Clio and New Captur, as well as the acceleration of our electric and hybrid offensive, notably with New Zoe, Twingo Z.E. and E-Tech technology. We will continue to improve our price positioning initiated in 2019, supported by the quality and attractiveness of our new products,” the executive added.
