Volkswagen Group BEV sales rise 45pc

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP has delivered 45 per cent more battery electric vehicles in the first nine months of 2023 than it did in the same period the year before.

An impressive 531,500 all-electric vehicles were delivered to customers between 1 January and 30 September 2023 compared with 366,600 over the same period in 2022. VW says the BEV share of total deliveries across the period increased to 7.9 per cent – up from 6.1 per cent over the first nine months of 2022 – reaching a significant 9.0 per cent in Q3 alone.

Not surprisingly, Europe remained a key driver of Volkswagen Group’s electrification strategy with an increase of 61 per cent (to 341,000 units) delivered in the first nine months of 2023. The United State rose 74 per cent to 50,300 units, while China climbed more slowly, up just four per cent above the prior year level with 117,100 Volkswagen Group BEVs registered.

The increases, however, perhaps do not show the entire extent of the battery electric success story for the Volkswagen Group.

Looking at the regional split we find China taking an impressive 22 per cent of all VAG battery electric vehicle produced, with 10 per cent headed to the United States, 64 per cent to Europe, and four per cent elsewhere.

“We showed a good overall performance in our all-electric (vehicle) deliveries with a global increase of 45 per cent in the first nine months,” explained Volkswagen Group extended executive committee for sales representative, Hildegard Wortmann.

“Despite the current general reluctance in the European market to buy battery-powered vehicles, we gained market share and remained (the) market leader in this segment.

“However, our order intake is below our ambitious targets due to the lower than expected overall market trend.”

Ms Wortmann noted that the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 273,000 all-electric vehicles to the end of September, slightly more than half of all BEVs produced by the Group.

VW was followed by Audi with 123,000 units (a 23 per cent share), Skoda with 54,400 units (10 per cent), Seat and Cupra with 32,300 units (6 per cent), Porsche with 27,900 units (5 per cent) and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles with 19,600 units (4 per cent).

Understandably, the most successful models from the Group follow the trend set by the branded divisions, as listed above.

The most popular models sold include the Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5 (162,100 units), Volkswagen ID.3 (90,500), Audi Q4 e-tron and Q4 e-tron Sportback (77,900), Skoda Enyaq iV and Enyaq iV Coupe (54,400), Cupra Born (32,300) and Audi Q8 e-tron and Q8 e-tron Sportback (21,800).

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