Volkswagen Business Autos (VWCV), a part of the Volkswagen Group, stories 101,500 world automobile gross sales in the course of the second quarter of 2023, which is 41 p.c greater than a yr in the past. Throughout the first half of the yr, the full quantity amounted to 198,700 (up 29 p.c year-over-year).

A very powerful factor for us is that all-electric automobile gross sales are enhancing even faster for the reason that firm launched the MEB-based Volkswagen ID. Buzz mannequin in Europe final yr.

In Q2, VWCV all-electric automobile gross sales amounted to roughly 6,900 items, which is about 1,680 p.c greater than a yr in the past, when the corporate provided just a few electrical vans on a small scale. That is a report quarterly end result each when it comes to quantity and BEV share out of the full quantity (6.8 p.c in comparison with 0.6 p.c a yr in the past).

Let’s recall that the Volkswagen ID. Buzz is obtainable in two most important variations in Europe: the ID. Buzz Professional (passenger model) and the ID. Buzz Cargo (the cargo van model), each geared up with an 82-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery. Within the close to future, there may even be a protracted wheelbase model (out there in North America in Q3 2024) with a bigger, 91-kWh battery pack.

Volkswagen Business Autos BEV gross sales in Q2 2023:

• Complete: 6,900 (up 1,680% year-over-year) and 6.8% share

Throughout the first half of the yr, VWCV offered over 12,000 all-electric autos, which is an order of magnitude enhance year-over-year and greater than six p.c of the full quantity.

Volkswagen Business Autos BEV gross sales in Q1-Q2 2023:

• Complete: 12,300 (up 1,100% year-over-year) and 6.2% share

For reference, in 2022, the full BEV gross sales amounted to 7,500 (up 110 p.c year-over-year), which was 2.3 p.c of the full quantity.

It is anticipated that in 2023, the corporate will promote greater than 25,000 all-electric autos, whereas Volkswagen ID. Buzz gross sales would possibly enhance to 10,000+ items per quarter.

As we beforehand reported, VWCV set a goal to extend its BEV share out of the full gross sales to 55 p.c by 2030.