Rise in BEVS

Volkswagen Group has delivered 45 percent 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 January 1 and September 30, compared with 366,600 during the same period in 2022.

VW says the BEV share of total deliveries across the period increased to 7.9 percent – up from 6.1 percent during the first nine months of 2022 – reaching a significant nine percent in quarter-three alone.

Not surprisingly, Europe remained a key driver of Volkswagen Group’s electrification strategy, with an increase of 61 percent to 341,000 units delivered in the first nine months of 2023.

The United State rose 74 percent to 50,300 units, while China climbed more slowly, up just four percent above the prior year level with 117,100 Volkswagen Group BEVS registered.

Volkswagen Group all-electric vehicle sales up 45 percent

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, China takes an impressive 22 percent of all VAG battery electric vehicle produced, with 10 percent headed to the United States, 64 percent to Europe, and four percent elsewhere.

Volkswagen Group extended executive committee for sales representative, Hildegard Wortmann said the company showed a good overall performance in all-electric vehicle deliveries with a global increase of 45 percent in the first nine months.

“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,” she said.

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

Ms Wortmann said 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 Volkswagen Group.

VW was followed by Audi with 123,000 units, a 23 percent share, Skoda with 54,400 units, Seat and Cupra with 32,300 units, Porsche with 27,900 units and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles with 19,600 units, or four percent share.

Understandably, the most successful models from Volkswagen Group follow the trend set by the branded divisions.

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.