THE Volkswagen Group continues the electric offensive: in the first quarter of 2023 deliveries of electric cars from the brands of the German group increased by 42% compared to the first quarter of 2022, which, however, was marked by significant supply difficulties.

“The year started favorably for the electric car market. The group recorded a 68% increase in deliveries to Europe and the number of BEVs delivered to the United States doubled. This week at the Shanghai Motor Show, we showed that we have the perfect equipment to meet the demand of the Chinese market in this segment. Only in March, we already observed an increase in deliveries in China compared to last year. The Volkswagen ID.7 model, which has just been presented to the public, will give us an additional boost in our core markets. We are doing everything we can to achieve the ambitious goals we have set for ourselves: in 2023, almost one in ten cars delivered worldwide will be an all-electric model.”– said Hildegard Wortmann, head of the sales department of the Volkswagen Group.

Volkswagen Group: a well-filled order book

In general, the Volkswagen concern delivered a a total of 141,000 100% electric models in the first quarter of 2023 compared to 99,200 in the first quarter of 2022. Thus, electric vehicles make up 6.9% of total shipments compared to 5.2% in the first quarter of 2022.Europe is the largest market with 98,300 units delivered, 68% more than last year: the German group’s order book is always full and currently has 260,000 100% electric models.

After Europe, The China ranks second with 21,500 units delivered, or 15% of the group’s electric vehicle deliveries worldwide. In third place they go THE UNITED STATESwhere the VW Group almost doubled its deliveries of 100% electric models to 15,700 units, or 11% of global deliveries.

THE the most popular brands Between January and March 2023, the group includes Volkswagen with 70,000 100% electric models, followed by Audi (34,600 cars), Škoda (12,400 cars), Seat and Cupra (9,200 cars), Porsche (9,200 cars) and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. (5500 cars).

Volkswagen Group: the most popular electric models

here Top 5 100% electric cars sales leaders in the first quarter of 2023 in the Volkswagen Group:

• Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5: 41,900 units
• Volkswagen ID.3: 23,600 copies
• Audi Q4 E-tron (including the Sportback version): 21,300 units
• Škoda Enyaq iV (including the Coupe version): 12,400 units
• Audi E-tron/Q8 E-tron (including Sportback version): 9,700 units