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
Half Year 2023: worldwide new car sales increased in all major global markets with growth particularly strong in Japan, Europe, and the USA. During the first semester of 2023, car sales increased in all major global markets but only China and India have thus far exceeded prepandemic sales levels. New passenger vehicle registrations in Japan … Read more
2023 (Q1): Worldwide new car sales increased in all major world markets except China with growth in passenger vehicle registrations the fastest in Europe. During the first quarter of 2023, car sales in the largest markets in the world increased with the exception of China. Growth was the fastest in Europe but here, as in … Read more
In 2022, international car sales were flat with China the largest single-country market worldwide and India the fastest-growing major global vehicle market. Worldwide car sales in full-year 2022 were flat but the only major international markets recording growth were India and China. China remained by far the largest single-country car market in the world by … 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, 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
In full-year 2022, Seat car sales slumped while Cupra deliveries almost doubled worldwide with Germany, Spain, and the UK the largest markets. The Cupra Formentador and Seat Arona were the top-selling models. 2022 (January to December): Seat SA sales dropped by 18% to 385,600 cars delivered worldwide. While Seat-branded car sales were down by 40%, … Read more
In full-year 2022, Porsche sales worldwide increased by 3% through growth in Europe with the Cayenne and Macan the top-selling models. 2022 (January to December): Porsche sold 309,884 cars worldwide — a 3% increase compared to 2021. Porsche blamed a continued shortage of computer chips and the interruption of supply lines for not growing faster … Read more
