Automotive Purchasing and Supply Chain — 2023-10-16
Automotive Industry
The Volkswagen Group has systematically continued its transformation in the first nine months of 2023. All-electric deliveries increased by 45% to 531,500 vehicles globally, raising the BEV share of total deliveries to 7.9% after 6.1% in the prior year period.
In the third quarter alone, the BEV share climbed to 9.0% compared to 6.8% one year ago. From January to September, Europe remained the key growth driver with an increase of 61% to 341,100 vehicles. BEV deliveries jumped 74% to 50,300 units in the USA and surpassed prior year levels in China with an increase of 4% to 117,100 units.
64% of the Group’s BEV deliveries went to its home region Europe, followed by China with 22% and the USA with 10%. 4% went to other markets.
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 273,000 all-electric vehicles by the end of September, slightly more than half of all BEVs of the Group. It was followed by Audi with 123,000 vehicles (group share 23%), ŠKODA with 54,400 vehicles (group share 10%),SEAT/CUPRA with 32,300 vehicles (group share 6%), Porsche with 27,900 vehicles (group share 5%) and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles with 19,600 vehicles (group share 4%).