Stylish French EVs - Why Won't Australians Buy Them?

French electric cars are failing to spark interest in Australia, with many Peugeot and Renault fans down under worrying how long the brands can survive without selling EVs in any serious volume ... I explain why French EV sales numbers in Australia are so low

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00:00 Intro
00:17 Peugeot E-308
00:32 Renault Megane E-Tech
00:44 Peugeot E-2008 GT
01:05 Big reason for low sales
01:34 Peugeot E-2008 GT V1 vs V2
02:01 Renault Megane E-Tech
02:29 Aussies bought these EV instead of Megane E-Tech
02:51 Hope for future of French EV in Australia?

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Disclosure:
- Renault lent me a media loan Megane E-Tech for one week to review. Peugeot lent me a media loan E-2008 GT for one week to review. My opinions remain completely independent.
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[lm]

Great summary - the lower specifications, superseded models, overpricing and European car manufacture arrogance has not helped these French brands. I would contemplate one if it was more seriously positioned in the market.

Eh, constructeurs automobiles français, on sait lire ! Apportez-nous des véhicules électriques sérieux et à bon prix.

[DaNavMan]

The answer is simple - European manufactured cars simply cannot compete on price with Chinese made ones. Also, just a correction on the e-2008 - the one sold here in May was the pre-facelift, and the one in Europe was post facelift. Both are second gen Peugeot 2008's.