In full-year 2023, Hyundai increased global car sales by nearly 7% with over 4.2 million vehicles delivered worldwide. The forecast for 2024 is only modest growth. 2023 (January to December): Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) announced total global sales of 4,216,680 vehicles — an increase of 6.9% over worldwide deliveries in 2022. Hyundai annual sales in … Read more
In full-year 2023, Kia increased worldwide car sales by 6% with over 3 million global deliveries and forecasted further growth in 2024. The Sportage was the best-selling Kia model worldwide. 2023 (January to December): Kia Corporation of South Korea increased global car sales by 6.3% in 2023 to 3,085,771 vehicles. The result set a new … Read more
In full-year 2023, Tesla increased worldwide car production and with global sales of over 1.8 million vehicles remained the world’s largest battery-electric carmaker. 2023 (January to December): Tesla increased worldwide car production by over a third to 1,845,985 battery electric vehicles to confirm its position as the leading manufacturer of electric passenger cars in the … Read more
In full-year 2023, BYD increased global car production and worldwide sales of passenger vehicles by nearly two-thirds to become the second-largest battery electric carmaker in the world. In the full calendar year 2023, Chinese car producer BYD increased production and sales of new energy vehicles by 62%. Sales and production of battery-electric passenger cars were … Read more
In 2022, worldwide battery-electric car sales by all brands of the Volkswagen Group increased globally by 26%. In the full-year 2022, fully electric car sales of all brands in the Volkswagen Group increased worldwide by 26%. Volkswagen-branded battery-electric vehicle sales increased by 24% to 325,100 cars worldwide. Porsche electric car sales contracted by 16% but … Read more
In 2022, Volkswagen Group worldwide car sales of all large brands (VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat) contracted while Porsche global sales increased. In full-year 2022, global sales of the combined car brands of the Volkswagen Group contracted by 7% to 8,262,800 vehicles. Worldwide sales were lower for Volkswagen, Skoda, Seat, and Audi while the more expensive … Read more
In full-year 2022, global battery-electric car sales worldwide by German premium brands Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche increased but volumes remained low. In Germany, luxury electric car sales were below the industry average. 2022 (January to December): BMW sold more battery-electric cars worldwide in 2022 than Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche but Tesla sold more electric … Read more
In full-year 2022, Mercedes-Benz sales in the USA increased by 6.5% with the GLC the most popular model in the States. 2022 (January to December): Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) recorded sales of 286,764 Mercedes-Benz passenger cars, a growth of 4% versus 2021, and 64,185 Vans, an increase of 20% versus 2021. The total Mercedes-Benz USA sales … Read more
In full-year 2022, Porsche sales in the USA increased by only 40 cars with the Macan, Cayenne, and 911 the best-selling models. 2022 (January to December): for the second consecutive year Porsche had record car sales in the USA, although deliveries increased by only 40 vehicles. The Macan and Cayenne SUVs were the most popular … Read more
In full-year 2022, Skoda sales worldwide contracted by 17%, Germany remained the largest country market, and the Octavia was the top-selling model. 2022 (January to December): Global sales of Skoda cars were 16.7% lower with 731,300 vehicles delivered. Skoda was hit hard by the war in Ukraine — not only by losing sales in Russia, … Read more