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"Volkswagen Group’s electric transition is continuing at a good pace. Its pure
electric (BEV) sales were up nearly 50% in the first six months of 2023
compared to the first six months of 2022. They grew from 217,200 to 321,600.
Furthermore, there are another 200,000 or so BEV orders on the books just in
Western Europe.
Reaching 321,600 deliveries in the first half of the year, that was 7.4% of
Volkswagen Group’s overall vehicle deliveries. That’s an increase from the
company’s 5.6% figure for the first half of 2022.
While Tesla is known to be the world leader in BEV sales (and #2 behind BYD in
plugin vehicle sales), Volkswagen Group is actually #1 in BEV sales in Europe.
Furthermore, the company’s sales growth in Europe even surpassed its sales
growth worldwide. Sales grew from 128,900 in the first half of 2022 to 217,100
in the first half of 2023, which is 68% growth (compared to 50% growth
worldwide).
Additionally, the recent trend and expected trend going forward is even
stronger than at the beginning of the year. “With an increase in all-electric
deliveries of around 50 percent in the first half of the year, the Volkswagen
Group is systematically continuing its transformation,” Hildegard Wortmann,
member of Volkswagen Group’s Extended Executive Committee for Sales, says.
“Since May, we have again seen an improved trend in incoming orders here, after
a certain reluctance on the part of our customers at the start of the year due
to reduced subsidy programs, partly long waiting times and high inflation. In
view of the recent significant reduction in delivery times, we expect this
positive trend to continue in the coming months.”
The USA is coming through with big growth as well. Volkswagen Group reached
29,800 sales there, a 79% increase over the previous year."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
