Volkswagen stated on Friday its Group deliveries elevated 12.8% year-on-year from January to June, registering progress in each area besides China, which noticed a 1.2% drop in complete deliveries and a 1.6% drop in battery-electric automobiles.
The autumn was partly because of notably excessive gross sales in the identical month final yr after the federal government prolonged a tax break on EVs to spice up sluggish demand following lockdowns, a spokesperson stated.
EV gross sales in China have on stability risen since March, and June was the strongest month of the yr thus far, they added.
The carmaker is below heavy stress from traders to spice up EV gross sales in China as a rising swathe of Chinese language opponents slicing costs threaten its dominance of the automotive market within the combustion engine period.
Battery-electric car deliveries in North America, thus far a weaker marketplace for EVs than Europe or China, rose 75.5% within the first half-year, with complete deliveries up 14.2%.
The carmaker stays market chief for battery-electric automobiles in Europe, it stated, with 217,100 automobiles offered thus far this yr — a big bounce from final yr, when gross sales took successful from provide chain disruptions brought on by the struggle in Ukraine.
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