German carmaker Volkswagen Group claims to be the leader in the battery electric vehicles (BEVs) market in Europe and No. 2 in the US, while ramping up both deliveries and presence in China.

The group, which includes the brands Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Skoda, hit a new BEV delivery record in the third quarter this year with 122,100 new units. This is an annual increase of 109%, despite a semiconductor shortage, Kallanish learns from the company.

The BEV share of total deliveries rose to over 6% in the July-September quarter. In China alone, deliveries totalled 28,900 BEVs, compared with 18,300 in the first half of the year.

“Our global electric offensive continues to run at full speed: we are clearly the No. 1 for all-electric vehicles in Europe, and the No. 2 in the USA. In China, we really took off in the third quarter, with deliveries of BEVs almost 60% higher than in the entire first half of the year,” comments Christian Dahlheim, head of group sales. “The strong demand for our global target for the year of one million electrified vehicles is definitely there.”

To date, 209,800 BEVs were delivered in Europe, accounting for a BEV market share of around 26%. In the US, the company has delivered 27,300 BEVs in the first nine months of the year. Meanwhile, Chinese deliveries represent a 16% share of the group’s global BEV deliveries. The group says it’s on track to meet its target of delivering 80,000-100,000 vehicles of the ID. model family.

The Volkswagen ID.4 and the ID.3 models led the 5 best-selling BEV models in the January-September period this year with deliveries of 72,700 and 52,700, respectively. The Audi e-tron came in third with 36,100 units, then the Porsche Taycan with 28,600 units and the Skoda Enyaq with 28,200 deliveries.