Carlos Ghosn, the chief executive of the Japanese automaker Nissan and the French carmaker Renault, said recently that the electric segment needed a wider and more diverse array of models to interest a larger audience of potential buyers.
They will also address the changing global and consumer preferences towards more accessible motorcycles and a growing interest in demand for the electric segment.
The fact that a legacy manufacturer is on the verge of outselling Tesla in its own luxury electric segment in the first year of shipping is fascinating given Tesla's superior product and years of market lead.
All-electric passenger cars represented 87% of the European all-electric segment registrations.
The Norwegian all-electric segment increased its market share of new car sales to 12.5% in 2014.
The all-electric segment grew 16% year-over-year, while plug-in hybrids, including the BMW i3 REx, experienced a growth of 454%.
All-electric utility vans continued to be a significant share of the all-electric segment, with 4,485 units registered in 2014, but down 13.3% from 2013.
van with 2,657 registrations, and the Nissan Leaf ranked next with 1,600 units., the French leader in the all-electric segment is the Renault Zoe with 11,529 units registered since 2012, followed by the Kangoo Z.E.
The other top selling plug-in cars were the Volkswagen e-Up! with 1,551 units and 16.6% share of the all-electric segment; the BMW i3 with 1,159 units, including sales of the variant with the range-extender (REx) option, and captured a 12.4% share of the all-electric segment; and the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV with 818 units, and a 95.6% share of the plug-in hybrid segment sales.
The Leaf, with 2,665 units, ranked fourth among the top selling new cars, capturing a 3.7% market share of new car sales; and listed as the second top selling plug-in car after the Model S, with a share of 28.5% of the all-electric segment sales.
The slow down in sales that took place in the French EV market during the first half of 2014, allowed Norway, with 18,649 new all-electric vehicles registered, to end 2014 as the top selling European market in the light-duty all-electric segment, and France ranked second.
