{"id":33266,"date":"2022-10-09T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33266"},"modified":"2022-10-09T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:04:00","slug":"volvo-plugin-car-sales-september2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33266","title":{"rendered":"Volvo Global Plug-In Car Sales Returned To Growth In September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volvo Cars reports 49,356 global car sales in September, which is 4.5% more than a year ago &#8211; the first positive result after 14 consecutive months of decline. During the first nine months of the year, sales decreased by 19.2% to 428,987.<\/p>\n<p>The company says that demand for the company\u2019s cars remains robust, <em>&#8220;especially for its Recharge range of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0but there are still manufacturing\/supply issues:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>&#8220;Manufacturing output, which had seen a normalisation trend in previous months, continued to be impacted in September by plant closures due to Covid-19 outbreaks in China, as well as global disruptions in the supply chain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In terms of plug-in electric cars (Volvo Recharge), last month the company sold 15,436 units (up 21% year-over-year), which is 31.3% of the total volume.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, all-electric car sales hit a new monthly record of 6,072 units (up 271%), taking a record 12.3% share. Plug-in hybrids were slightly down (for the ninth month in a row).<\/p>\n<p>Volvo Recharge result:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BEVs: 6,072 (up 271%) and 12.3% share<\/li>\n<li>PHEVs: 9,364 (down 15%) and 19.0% share<\/li>\n<li>Total: 15,436 (up 21%) and 31.3% share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/volvo-recharge-sales-september-2022.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/volvo-recharge-sales-september-2022.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"941\" height=\"474\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>During the third quarter, Volvo Recharge sales amounted to 34,614 (down 10% year-over-year).<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, Volvo sold over 128,000 plug-in electric cars, which is almost a third of the total volume.<\/p>\n<p>Volvo Recharge sales YTD:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BEVs: 32,369 (up 110%) and 7.5% share<\/li>\n<li>PHEVs: 96,206 (down 18%) and 22.4% share<\/li>\n<li>Total: 128,575 (down 3%) and 30.0% share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For reference, <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/561924\/2021-volvo-plugin-cars-sales\/\">in 12 months of 2021, Volvo sold almost 190,000 plug-in electric cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/volvo-recharge-sales-september-2022-b.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/volvo-recharge-sales-september-2022-b.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"941\" height=\"474\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Considering the recent result and a significant increase in all-electric car sales, we are cautiously optimistic about the future &#8211; although it might take a bit of time to ultimately solve manufacturing constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Geographically, as usual, most Volvo plug-in cars were sold in Europe (11,201 in September and 81,314 year-to-date).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/614962\/us-volvo-plugin-car-sales-september2022\/\">In the US, sales decreased in September, by 31% year-over-year to 1,169<\/a> (154 BEVs and 1,015 PHEVs).<\/p>\n<p>Volvo&#8217;s lineup includes two all-electric models, the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/volvo\/c40-recharge\/\">Volvo C40 Recharge<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/volvo\/xc40-recharge\/\">Volvo XC40 Recharge<\/a>. In September, the company sold 3,857 electric XC40 (up 136%) and 2,215 C40 (new). Both numbers are record highs.<\/p>\n<p>In the not-too-distant future, Volvo will introduce next-generation BEVs, which are expected to boost sales. The first in line is the Volvo EX90 &#8211; an electric successor to the outgoing Volvo XC90.<\/p>\n<p>Volvo Cars detailed sales results:<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/volvo-recharge-sales-september-2022-c.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/volvo-recharge-sales-september-2022-c.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"815\" height=\"964\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22614803%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Upcoming%20Volvo%20EX90%20Electric%20SUV%20Will%20Have%20Bi-Directional%20Charging%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22volvo-ex90-bidirectional-charging-announced%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%221%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2Fg4Al6o%2Fs5%2Fvolvo-ex90-bi-directional-charging.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22613375%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Volvo%20EX90%20Has%20Interior%20Radar%20System%20To%20Prevent%20Hot%20Car%20Deaths%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22volvo-ex90-has-interior-radar-system-prevent-hot-car-deaths%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%221%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FQeYYx7%2Fs5%2Fvolvo-ex90-patent-image.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"video_mstv\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizer\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAYAAAA7KqwyAAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAABpJREFUeNpi\/P\/\/PwMlgImBQjBqwLAwACDAAOVfAw9\/ZDvcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volvo Cars reports 49,356 global car sales in September, which is 4.5% more than a year ago &#8211; the first positive result after 14 consecutive months of decline. During the first nine months of the year, sales decreased by 19.2% to 428,987. The company says that demand for the company\u2019s cars remains robust, &#8220;especially for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}