A little over 149,000 new cars were registered in France in October, up 7% compared to September, driven in particular by the dynamic of electric vehicles. Over the first ten months of 2026, with 1,384,293 registrations, the French market for new passenger cars is up 4.37% in raw data, notes the Automotive Platform.
Sales of electric vehicles jumped 48.5% between January and September compared to the same period in 2025, while non-plug-in hybrids saw their sales grow by 10.7% in the same time, despite an even lower market share. Non-plug-in hybrids represented 36.3% of sales in the European Union, or nearly 3.1 million vehicles, while 100% electrics accounted for 22.7% of sales for 1.9 million vehicles.
Electric vehicles, bringing together 100% electric and hydrogen engines, represent 41% of registrations and reach 49% when including plug-in hybrids.
Among manufacturers at European level, the Stellantis group increased by 2.8%, while the Renault group fell by 4.1%.
The manufacturer Tesla, for its part, recorded a strong increase of 35.3%.
Across Europe, more than 8.5 million new cars were sold in the European Union between January and September, up 5.7% compared to the first nine months of 2025, according to data recently published by the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers. Some 149,341 passenger cars were registered last month, an increase of 7% compared to the previous month, according to figures from the sector's professional organization.