In the first 9 months of 2017, Blue Solutions' consolidated turnover amounted to EUR 66.8 million, down 23.5% compared with the same period in 2016 (EUR 87.3 million). This trend is attributable to a decline in battery sales (-34% compared with the first nine months of 2016) resulting from the weakness of the Bluecar business (1,008 batteries sold, compared with 1,810 in the first nine months of 2016). But sales of Bluebus batteries are clearly increasing (275 batteries sold in the nine months to end-September 2017, compared with 161 in the same period in 2016). In the third quarter, the company's turnover amounted to EUR 12.0 million, down 44.3% compared with the third quarter of 2016 (EUR 21.6 million).