Volkswagen Group: more than 170,000 electric units delivered in the first half of 2021

The Volkswagen Group has an ambitious electrification plan, as we all know. This strategy is starting to pay off. In fact, the Group has announced that it has more; which doubled the deliveries of 100% electric vehicles in the first half of 2021. Specifically, from January to June 170,939 BEV cars were deliveredworldwide with a growth of 165.2% compared to the same period of the previous year.

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After delivering 59,948 electric cars in the first quarter of the year (+ 78.4% compared to 2020), the German Group in the second quarter placed in the hands of customers an additional 110,991 units & agrave; (+ 259.7%). Volkswagen ID.4, Volkswagen ID.6, Skoda Enyaq iV, Audi Q4 e-tron, Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron, Audi e-tron GT and Porsche Taycan Cross models were launched in the first 6 months of the year Tourism.

VERY GOOD ID.4 And for the rest of the year the German Group expects further growth given the expansion of the BEV model range. Plug-ins are also very good with 171,300 deliveries equal to a growth of 204.2%. Returning to electric, the reference market is; Europe with 128,078 vehicles delivered in the first half (74.9% of the total). Here, the Volkswagen Group & egrave; was the market leader, with a share of around 26% of BEV model deliveries.

The American market, on the other hand, & quot; weighs & quot; for 10.8% of the total with 18,514 units & agrave; delivered to customers. In America, the Group has 9% of the electricity market. Finally, in China, the German Group delivered 18,285 electric vehicles (10.7% of the total).

A little more of the half & agrave; of BEV deliveries globally in the first six months of the year & egrave; attributable to the Volkswagen brand, which totaled 92,859 units & agrave; (54.3%). The premium brands Audi and Porsche follow, with 32,775 (19.2%) and 19,822 vehicles (11.6%) respectively. Skoda delivered 17,697 BEVs (10.4%) and SEAT 6,172 (3.6%).

But which were the BEV models more & ugrave; sold in the first half of 2021?

• Volkswagen ID.4: 37,292 unit & agrave;
• Volkswagen ID.3: 31,177 unit & agrave;
• Audi e-tron (including Sportback): 25,794 units & agrave;
• Porsche Taycan (including Cross Turismo): 19,822 units & agrave;
• Volkswagen e-up !: 17,890 units & agrave;

Numbers that show how the debut of the new electric SUV from Volkswagen went very well (here our test). After all, the German brand focuses heavily on this car which is sold not only in Europe but also in America and China. At this point all that remains is to wait for the results of the next quarters to evaluate the growth of the Volkswagen Group in the 100% electric market. Christian Dahlheim , Group Sales Manager, commented:

Our global electric offensive continues to make good progress and customer demand is high. high. This year we expect to deliver around one million electrified vehicles for the first time and are confident that we will achieve our fleet's CO2 emissions targets in Europe.

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