The Volkswagen Group’s US battery-electric vehicle (BEV) deliveries are up 74% compared with last year, with 50,300 units delivered nationwide.

All told, the German carmaker delivered 531,500 BEVs during the first nine months of 2023 – up 45% compared with the same period in 2022. According to the group’s Q3 report, BEVs made up 7.9% of total deliveries between January and September 2023.

“Despite the current general reluctance in the European market to buy battery-powered vehicles, we gained market share and remained market leader in this segment,” says Hildegard Wortmann, a member of the group’s extended executive committee for sales. “However, our order intake is below our ambitious targets due to the lower than expected overall market trend.”

Kallanish notes the majority of the group’s BEV deliveries – 341,100 vehicles – went to Europe, representing 64% of deliveries in the first nine months of 2023. Over the same period, 22% of BEVs went to China and 10% went to the US, with an additional 4% distributed in other markets.

Success was seen across the group’s brands, with Volkswagen Passenger Cars having delivered 273,000 BEVs in the past nine months. Audi delivered 123,000 BEV units, while Škoda and SEAT/CUPRA respectively followed at 54,400 and 32,300 deliveries.

Across all markets, the most successful BEV models are the recently upgraded Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5, with 162,100 units sold between January and September. This was followed by the ID.3 with 90,500 units sold, and the Audi Q4 e-tron with 77,900 units.

In the group’s full-year results for 2022, it anticipated claiming a 10% market share in the US by 2030. While this number includes ICE vehicles, the company is expecting an EV boost from the 2024 launch of its ID.7 and ID. Buzz models.