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Sales of electric cars rose 202% to 186 thousand in France in 2020, according to ACEA.
Historically, sales of electric cars in France reached an all time high of 186 thousand in 2020 and an all time low of 0.100 thousand in 2009. When compared to France's main peers, sales of electric cars in Belgium amounted to 46.3 thousand, 395 thousand in Germany, 59.9 thousand in Italy and 41.2 thousand in Spain in 2020.
France has been ranked 2nd within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of sales of electric cars, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Sales of Total Chargeable Electric Vehicles | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.72 | 2.79 | 5.07 | 7.15 | 8.65 | |||
| Belgium | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.05 | 3.84 | 8.96 | 14.3 | 13.4 | |||
| France | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.5 | 22.9 | 29.2 | 36.8 | 45.6 | |||||||
| Germany | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1 | 23.6 | 25.2 | 54.6 | 67.7 | |||||||
| Italy | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.42 | 2.34 | 2.83 | 4.83 | 9.73 | |||
| Luxembourg | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Morocco | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Netherlands | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.8 | 44.4 | 22.8 | 11.1 | 29.7 | ||||||||
| Poland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.141 | 0.337 | 0.556 | 1.07 | 1.32 | |||
| Portugal | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.289 | 1.17 | 1.82 | 4.08 | 7.85 | |||
| Slovenia | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.198 | 0.456 | 0.663 | |||
| Spain | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.41 | 2.25 | 3.65 | 7.48 | 11.8 | |||
| Switzerland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.69 | 6.29 | 6.40 | 8.39 | 9.52 |
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