Volkswagen reports a marginal increase in third-quarter deliveries

The Volkswagen Group announced a 1% increase in global deliveries to 2.19 million vehicles in the third quarter of 2025.

The group said strong demand in parts of Europe and South America offset weak results in China and the United States.

According to a member of the enlarged Volkswagen Group Sales Executive Committee, Marco Schubert, the launch of the new model supports sales in Western Europe.

Deliveries to China fell 7.2% in the quarter to 660,300.

The performance of battery electric vehicles (BEV) has shown clear regional variation.

Overall, deliveries of battery electric vehicles by the group rose 33.1% year-on-year to 252,100 vehicles in the July-September period.

However, EV sales in China fell by 55.2% in the quarter, while North America recorded a 213.5% increase and Europe by 60%.

“We were able to compensate for the difficult conditions in China and the United States with partly significant increases in South America and Europe,” Schubert said. “In our home region of Europe, we achieved 8% growth in the third quarter alone. Our fully electric models are the main driver of this positive development.”

“By the end of September, we had delivered about 80% more of these models in Europe than we had delivered in the same period last year, and worldwide we were up about 40%.”

Porsche, part of the Volkswagen Group, recorded a 26% drop in deliveries to China in the first nine months of the year, with volumes falling to 32,195 cars from 43,280 cars in the same period a year earlier.

In September, Volkswagen It reduced its financial guidance For the year 2025, it revealed that it would require a loss of 5.1 billion euros ($5.9 billion) linked to Porsche’s decision to delay the launch of fully electric models.

Recently, the group too Announced an investmenteNorthern Territory Plan at the IAA Mobility trade show in Munich, Germany, with up to €1 billion earmarked for expanding artificial intelligence through 2030.

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