Volkswagen Group said Thursday that cumulative deliveries of its battery-electric vehicles have surpassed 4 million.
On the back of that milestone, the automaker said it holds about 27% of Europe’s EV market.
Of the 4 million EVs delivered, 77% were built in Europe. Volkswagen Group has 11 production sites there: Emden, Zwickau, Hanover, Bratislava, Mlada Boleslav, Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm, Leipzig, Zuffenhausen, Munich and Sodertalje.
Two additional plants set to begin operating this year — Pamplona and Martorell — will produce the Core Brand Group’s city EV family models.
The Wolfsburg plant, Volkswagen’s main production hub, and Bentley’s plant in Crewe, England, are also preparing for EV production, the company said.
About 20% of the group’s EVs are currently produced in China, where it has four production sites: Anting, Foshan, Hefei and Changchun.
Volkswagen Group said 95% of its EV deliveries are concentrated in three key markets — Europe, China and the United States. Europe accounted for 68%, followed by China at 20% and the U.S. at 8%. Other markets made up about 5%.
Compact-class vehicles were the most popular segment, representing about 70% of deliveries. Key models include the Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4, the Skoda Enyaq, the Cupra Born and the Audi Q4 e-tron. By body type, SUVs and crossover-style models accounted for more than half of demand.
The group’s first mass-produced EV model was the VW e-up, launched in 2013, followed by the VW e-Golf in 2014. Since 2019, it has rolled out cross-brand models based on its dedicated EV platform, MEB (Modular Electric Drive Matrix). About 3 million MEB-based vehicles have been delivered, the company said.
Over the past two years, Volkswagen Group said it has refreshed its portfolio with about 60 new models, about one-third of them fully electric. In passenger cars alone, it now offers more than 30 battery-electric models, ranging from small cars to luxury SUVs.
It has also expanded its lineup to include battery-electric trucks and buses from TRATON brands including Scania, MAN, International and Volkswagen Truck & Bus.
Volkswagen Group said it plans to add more than 20 new models this year, about half of them fully electric. The rollout includes new EVs aimed at China and an entry-segment “city EV family” of four models for Europe.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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