Volkswagen informed that it has achieved 42 percent growth in the delivery of electric vehicles (EVs) to 141,000 in Q1 2023 vs 99,200 in Q1 2022.
Volkswagen said all-electric vehicles (BEVs) made up 6.9 percent of total deliveries, compared with 5.2 percent in the first three months of the previous year. Europe was the biggest growth driver with an increase of 68 percent to 98,300 vehicles. The BEV order backlog in Western Europe remains high at over 260,000 vehicles.
Around 70 percent of the Volkswagen Group’s BEV deliveries went to its home region of Europe. China was the Group’s second-largest BEV market with deliveries of 21,500 vehicles (global share: 15 percent). In the United States, 15,700 BEVs were delivered (global share: 11 percent), almost twice as many as in the prior-year period.
By the end of March, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has delivered 70,000 vehicles, around half of all the Group’s BEVs. This was followed by Audi with 34,600 vehicles (Group share: 25 percent), SKODA with 12,400 vehicles (Group share: 9 percent), SEAT/CUPRA with 9,200 vehicles (Group share: 6 percent), Porsche with 9,200 vehicles (Group share: 6 percent) and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles with 5,500 vehicles (Group share: 4 percent).
The most successful BEV models in the first quarter of 2023 were:
Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 41,900
Volkswagen ID.302 23,600
Audi Q4 e-tron (incl. Sportback) 21,300
SKODA Enyaq iV (incl. Coupé) 12,400
Audi e-tron/Q8 e-tron (incl. Sportback) 9,700
“We started the year on a sound footing for all-electric vehicles with a 68 percent increase in Europe and double the number of vehicles delivered in the USA,” Hildegard Wortmann, member of the Extended Executive Committee for Sales at Volkswagen, said.
“We will keep our sights on our ambitious goal of BEVs accounting for around one in ten vehicles delivered globally to customers this year.”