In the first half of the year, the German automobile concern Volkswagen almost tripled its sales of electric cars worldwide to 170,939 cars. At the Škoda Group, sales of electric cars increased to 17,697 vehicles from 4,955 vehicles a year ago.
Demand in Europe in particular contributed to the growth in sales of electric cars from the Volkswagen Group. The European Commission (EC) last week proposed that new cars should not produce any carbon dioxide emissions from 2035, Reuters reported.
“Our global electric offensive continues at a solid pace and customer demand is high,” said Christian Dahlheim, Volkswagen Group Sales Director. “We plan to deliver a million cars with alternative propulsion for the first time this year,” he added. This objective applies to both purely electric and hybrid cars.
In Europe, sales of electric cars from the Volkswagen Group rose to more than 128,000 in the first half of the year from less than 50,000 a year ago. In China, the world’s largest car market, it more than doubled to 18,285 vehicles. This represents 10.7 percent of the group’s total sales.
“In the third quarter, we expect a significant increase in sales of electric cars in China thanks to the expanded Volkswagen ID model line,” said Dahlheim.
According to the new company strategy, Škoda Auto plans to increase the share of electric cars in its total sales in Europe to 50 to 70 percent from the current less than five percent by 2030. For this reason, it is preparing at least three other purely electric models, which will be priced and sized below the Enyaq model.
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