The Volkswagen Group’s global sales in the first half of the year fell by more than 20 percent year-on-year to 3.88 million cars.
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In the second quarter, Škoda delivered 174,400 cars to its customers, which is a year-on-year drop of 34.4 percent. June sales amounted to 66,000 cars and were 26.6 percent lower than the same month last year.
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As for the entire half-year, the second largest percentage drop in sales from the Volkswagen Group was registered by the Seat/Cupra brand, where sales fell by 27.4 percent compared to last year’s first half. It is followed by truck manufacturer MAN with a drop of 26.4 percent and Scania with a drop of 25.2 percent.
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Volkswagen stated that, on the contrary, it increased sales of electric cars year-on-year by 27 percent to 217,100 in the first half of the year. The most significant percentage increase is in China, where it is over 247 percent, the second is the rest of the world category with a growth of 29 percent. In Europe, sales of electric cars from the Volkswagen Group increased by less than one percent, while in the United States, they fell by more than eight percent.
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Škoda Auto increased its sales of electric cars by 25.5 percent year-on-year to 22,200 in the first half of the year. In the second quarter, however, its sales fell by 12.3 percent and reached 13,400 cars, but in June alone, sales increased by almost 260 percent year-on-year and amounted to 8,800.
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