Tesla's French Registrations Rise 35% in October as the Model 3 Does the Work
Tesla's registrations in France rose 35.3% in October, according to the industry body PFA. Unit counts derived from PFA tables put the Model Y at 1,748 and the Model 3 at 662, so most of the growth came from the Model 3. Electric cars took 41.5% of a market that grew 7%.
By the Tesla News Wire staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Tesla's new-car registrations in France rose 35.3% in October from a year earlier, according to the manufacturers' body PFA. The PFA only gives Tesla as a percentage change.
Model by model
Teslant worked out unit counts from the PFA's year-to-date tables of the top 100 models. EV Kurier repeats them and notes they are a third-party calculation, not official figures:
Model Y: 1,748 (October 2025: 1,660), up 5.3%.
Model 3: 662 (October 2025: 114).
Together: 2,410 cars.
The Model Y was France's best-selling car of any kind in September, with 8,183 registrations. In October it was eighth among electric cars. Renault's Twingo (4,747) and Renault 5 (4,666) led the electric ranking. Tesla delivers most of its European cars in the last month of each quarter.
The market
149,341 new cars, up 7%.
61,958 battery electric, up 81.7%, for a 41.5% share, according to AAA Data figures reported by Journal de l'Automobile. A year ago the share was 24%.
Renault alone registered 14,610 electric cars, up 69.6%.
Teslant says the Renault 5 has cut its year-to-date gap to the Model Y to 2,927 cars.
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