German legacy automaker Volkswagen Group reported a 45% year-on-year growth in its global battery-electric vehicle deliveries in the January to September period.
According to the press release, the company’s BEV customer deliveries reached 531,500 units in the first nine months of the year, up from just 366,600 units YoY.
This remarkable delivery figure enabled the BEV models to claim 7.9% of the company’s overall vehicle deliveries in the same period, up from just 6.1% YoY.
“We showed a good overall performance in our all-electric 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 market leader in this segment. However, our order intake is below our ambitious targets due to the lower than expected overall market trend.”
Hildegard Wortmann, Member of the Group’s Extended Executive Committee for Sales
Customer deliveries
By markets
Volkswagen Group’s home market, Europe, continues to boost its all-electric vehicle sales and deliveries with a 64% share of its overall BEV deliveries.
The German automaker indicated in the press release that the European market saw VW Group raise local BEV deliveries by 61% YoY to 341,100 units from January to September.
It also reported a 74% YoY increase in its BEV deliveries in the United States to 50,300 units, with a volume share of 10%. Moreover, Chinese customer deliveries also grew 4% YoY to 117,100 units and took 22% of the overall volume.
| Deliveries to customers by markets | Jan. – Jun. 2023 | Jan. – Jun. 2022 | Delta (%) | Jul. – Sep. 2023 | Jul. – Sep. 2022 | Delta (%) | Jan. – Sep. 2023 | Jan. – Sep. 2022 | Delta (%) |
| Europe | 217,100 | 128,900 | +68.5 | 124,000 | 83,100 | +49.2 | 341,100 | 211,900 | +60.9 |
| USA | 29,800 | 17,000 | +75.5 | 20,500 | 12,000 | +71.1 | 50,300 | 28,900 | +73.7 |
| China | 62,400 | 63,500 | -1.6 | 54,700 | 49,200 | +11.0 | 117,100 | 112,700 | +3.9 |
| Rest of world | 12,300 | 7,900 | +55.3 | 10,800 | 5,100 | +111.7 | 23,100 | 13,000 | +77.4 |
| Worldwide | 321,600 | 217,200 | +48.1 | 209,900 | 149,400 | +40.5 | 531,500 | 366,600 | +45.0 |
By brand
Unsurprisingly, the Volkswagen brand led the pack with BEV deliveries of 273,000 units this year to date. It represented slightly 50% more than the overall volume.
The Audi brand followed with 123,000 BEV deliveries and a 23% volume share. Skoda contributed 10% with BEV deliveries of 54,400 units. Refer to the table below:
| Deliveries to customers by brands | Jan. – Jun. 2023 | Jan. – Jun. 2022 | Delta (%) | Jul. – Sep. 2023 | Jul. – Sep. 2022 | Delta (%) | Jan. – Sep. 2023 | Jan. – Sep. 2022 | Delta (%) |
| Brand Group Core | 227,300 | 147,500 | +54.1 | 152,100 | 115,800 | +31.3 | 379,400 | 263,300 | +44.1 |
| Volkswagen Passenger Cars | 164,800 | 115,900 | +42.2 | 108,200 | 91,200 | +18.7 | 273,000 | 207,100 | +31.8 |
| ŠKODA | 31,300 | 22,200 | +41.0 | 23,100 | 14,700 | +57.5 | 54,400 | 36,900 | +47.6 |
| SEAT/CUPRA | 18,900 | 8,300 | +128.7 | 13,500 | 9,300 | +44.5 | 32,300 | 17,600 | +84.1 |
| Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles | 12,300 | 1,100 | +998.6 | 7,300 | 600 | +1.094.3 | 19,600 | 1,700 | +1.032.3 |
| Brand Group Progressive | 75,600 | 50,000 | +51.2 | 47,400 | 27,000 | +75.8 | 123,000 | 77,000 | +59.8 |
| Audi | 75,600 | 50,000 | +51.2 | 47,400 | 27,000 | +75.8 | 123,000 | 77,000 | +59.8 |
| Lamborghini/Bentley | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brand Group Sport Luxury | 18,000 | 18,900 | -4.7 | 9,900 | 6,200 | +59.7 | 27,900 | 25,100 | +11.2 |
| Porsche | 18,000 | 18,900 | -4.7 | 9,900 | 6,200 | +59.7 | 27,900 | 25,100 | +11.2 |
| Brand Group Trucks | 600 | 800 | -22.8 | 500 | 400 | +29.4 | 1,200 | 1,300 | -5.7 |
| MAN | 400 | 540 | -26.2 | 280 | 170 | +63.3 | 670 | 710 | -4.8 |
| Volkswagen Truck & Bus | 40 | 100 | -65.0 | 10 | 80 | -93.9 | 40 | 190 | -77.8 |
| Scania | 150 | 90 | +62.9 | 40 | 60 | -24.1 | 190 | 150 | +28.6 |
| Navistar | 70 | 110 | -36.4 | 210 | 100 | +101.9 | 280 | 210 | +30.5 |
| Volkswagen Group (total) | 321,600 | 217,200 | +48.1 | 209,900 | 149,400 | +40.5 | 531,500 | 366,600 | +45.0 |
Top-selling models
Volkswagen Group outlined that the following all-electric vehicles were the top-selling models from January to September 2023:
| Models | Deliveries |
| Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 | 162,100 |
| Volkswagen ID.3 | 90,500 |
| Audi Q4 e-tron (incl. Sportback) | 77,900 |
| ŠKODA Enyaq iV (incl. Coupé) | 54,400 |
| CUPRA Born | 32,300 |
| Audi Q8 e-tron (incl. Sportback) | 21,800 |
Volkswagen Group has set a target to have BEVs account for 70% of its overall vehicle sales in Europe until 2030. That target drops to 50% in the US and Chinese markets in the same period. All that said, these remarkable gains in the automaker’s global customer deliveries are crucial to achieving these 2030 targets.
