Car market: VW group scores in Europe with electric cars

In the second quarter, the VW group sold a little more cars thanks to the upswing at electric cars in Europe and the concentration on combustion engines in China. Delivery worldwide rose by 1.2 percent to 2.27 million vehicles worldwide, as the DAX group announced. The Wolfsburgers are also on the plus after six months.

In the highly competitive electric car market China in the middle of the discount battle of local manufacturers, according to a spokesman, VW focused on the combustion models: Although the electric cars in the People’s Republic were almost a third, VW was able to increase sales in the three months to June by 2.8 percent.

E-car orders in Western Europe attract significantly

In Europe, the group sold almost three quarters of battery electric vehicles (BEV – Battery Electric Vehicle) with all brands. The orders of the electric cars in Western Europe are clearly attracting, said sales director Marco Schubert.

The core brand VW car came in the second quarter of a total of four percent. At Audi, on the other hand, it still looks mau, the Ingolstadt -based team recorded a minus of 8.2 percent. As already known, Porsche also went less with a decline of 4.3 percent.

VW supplied 1.4 percent more of the trucks and buses of the commercial vehicle holding traton than in the same period last year.