Volkswagen AG records EV sales increase in face of slowing trends

Volkswagen Group has bucked the recent trend of slowing EV growth across Europe.

A recent report showed that weak incentives to purchase EVs in Europe compared to China and US has slowed the market there.

However, the Volkswagen Group has continued to see increasing growth with Group EV sales up 25 per cent across the first nine months of 2022.

The Volkswagen Group – the larger parent automotive manufacturing group of Volkswagen, Audi, Škoda, Porsche, and Seat/Cupra – saw all-electric vehicle deliveries of 366,400 through the first three quarters of the year.

VW group electric car deliveries up 25%

The Volkswagen brand led the way for its parent group with 207,200 battery electric vehicles (BEVs), accounting for 57% of the Group total.

Audi came in second with 77,000 vehicles (21% of Group total), Škoda with 36,900 vehicles (10% of Group total), Porsche with 25,100 vehicles (7% of Group total), and Seat/Cupra with 17,600 vehicles (5% of Group total).

The Volkswagen Group’s top-selling BEVs were led by a combined 122,600 units between the Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5, followed by the ID.3 with 45,500 units. The group’s other brands followed as so:

• Škoda Enyaq iV (incl. Coupé) 36,900 units
• Audi e-tron (incl. Sportback) 36,400 units
• Audi Q4 e-tron (incl. Sportback) 29,700 units
• Volkswagen ID.6 27.500 units
• Porsche Taycan (incl. Cross Turismo) 25,100 units
• Cupra Born 17,500 units

“Customers love our brands’ all-electric model range which is the broadest in the industry,” said Hildegard Wortmann, member of the Volkswagen Group’s extended executive committee.

“Due to the strong demand and ongoing supply constraints, our order bank remains on a high level. However, we reached a BEV share of 6.8 percent in Q3, the highest so far this year.”

On a regional basis, Volkswagen Group BEV deliveries were mostly delivered throughout Europe, with 211,900 vehicles delivered during the opening three quarters of the year.

However, Volkswagen Group deliveries to China accounted for 31% of all BEV units delivered, followed by 28,900 vehicles delivered in the United States.