(FILES) This photograph taken on August 4, 2023, shows charging stations for electric cars at the highway service area of Limours-Janvry, south of Paris. New electric car sales in France jumped 48 percent year-on-year in the first four months of the year to 148,302 units, even as the broader automotive market struggled, the automotive industry body PFA, which represents all carmakers, said on May 1, 2026. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP via Getty Images)