Deliveries of Volkswagen’s battery electric vehicles have nearly tripled in 2021

July 21, 2021

Volkswagen announced that its global deliveries of battery electric vehicles (BEV) nearly tripled in the first half of 2021.

In the first six months of the year the deliveries of BEV’s climbed to 170,939, mostly driven by demand in Europe which unveiled an effective end date for new combustion engine cars.

“Our global electric offensive continues to make good progress and customer demand is high,” said Christian Dahlheim, Volkswagen’s head of group sales.

“This year, we plan to deliver around one million electrified vehicles for the first time, and are confident that we will meet the fleet targets for CO2 emissions in Europe.”

The 1 million target refers to both BEVs as well as plug in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Volkswagen has not provided an annual target just for BEVs.

In China, the world’s largest automotive market, BEV sales more than doubled to 18,285 vehicles, accounting for just 10.7 percent of the group’s total.

“In the third quarter, we expect a significant boost to BEV deliveries in China thanks to the expanded Volkswagen ID. model range,” Dahlheim said.

Sources told Reuters last month that Volkswagen’s ID series – the backbone of its electric vehicle ambitions – was off to a slow start in China.

 

 

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