Volkswagen electric vehicles saw a 23.5% increase in sales in 2022

KUALA LUMPUR: Electric vehicles are becoming popular by the day, not just high-end with mass-market automakers including EVs in their lineup. Volkswagen is one such carmaker that is doing very well on the electric car front, a testament to this is its 2022 sales report.

In 2022, Volkswagen sold 330,000 units of its all-electric cars, thus representing a 23.6% year-on-year growth. As for the brand’s overall sales, it registered a 6.8% dip with 4.56 million units delivered globally. The reason for the fall is attributed to the strained supply chain by the brand.

The VW ID.4 with 170,000 units in 2022 will become the brand’s top-performing electric car. Speaking of market-wise sales, China came out to be one of VW’s biggest cheerleaders with ID.3, ID.4, and ID.6 registering a total of 143,1000 sales, accounting for a 102.9% growth over the previous year.

As for the brand’s body-type-wise sales, SUVs continued to be its biggest seller with it accounting for 45% of the total deliveries in 2022. While the US market showed an 80% rise in VW’s SUV sales, in the European market the VW T-Roc was crowned as the brand’s best-selling car.

VW’s future plans

In the future, VW plans to add several electric models to its lineup; with 10 models set to join the range by 2026. The first one to join the brand’s EV lineup will be the flagship ID.7 model.

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