VW Group delivered 217,100 EVs between January and June, a +27% increase on the same period last year (170,900). Battery electric vehicles accounted for 5.6% of total deliveries, up from 3.4% in the first half of 2021.

Europe accounted for the greater share, with 128,800 vehicles delivered to customers, according to the company. That was 700 more than the same period in 2021, equal to a +0.6% increase, but VW Group reports a strong order intake in western Europe, which is up by 40%. 

China was VW Group’s second biggest market, with 63,500 deliveries. However, it showed a 247% increase in BEV deliveries against the same half-year period last year (18,300), despite the Covid lockdown in Shanghai in the second quarter.