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Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 48,520 in January, up 2% compared to the same month last year. Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31% in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7% European sales for January reached 21,436 cars, up 14.7%

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Volvo Cars all-electric sales climb to 19% of all sales in February

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 51,286 cars in February, up 22% compared to the same month last year and a record for the month of February. The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. China sales reached 13,066 cars, up 50% compared with February last year.

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Volvo Cars Q1 sales up 10% to 162,938 units; all-electric vehicles took 18% share

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Volvo Cars reported sales of 162,938 cars for Q1 2023, up 10% compared to the same period last year. The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. Sales of the all-electric cars were up 140% year-on-year. Sales in the US grew by 16% in the first three months of the year to 26,483 cars.

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Volvo Cars global sales up 31% in May; fully electric cars up 196%

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 60,398 cars in May, up 31% compared with the same month last year. For the first five months of the year, Volvo Cars sales reached 275,312 cars, up 14% compared to the same period during 2022. Sales in Europe for May reached 26,272 cars, an increase of 40% compared to last year.

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Volvo Cars global sales up by 43% in May; plug-ins accounted for 23.7% globally

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Volvo Cars achieved its eleventh consecutive month of sales growth as the company’s global sales increased by 43% in May, compared with the same month last year. The growth was mainly driven by a strong demand in the US and, in Europe, a recovery from a sales drop in May last year related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Volvo Cars sales up 12% in November y-o-y; fully electric account for 19.7% of total sales

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 59,154 cars in November, up 12.0% Overall underlying demand for the company’s cars continues to remain robust, especially for its Recharge range of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars. Sales of Recharge units were up 44.2% Recharge sales for the period hit 173,526 units, up 4.9%

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Volvo Car USA fully electric vehicle sales reach 7.2% of total in 2022

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Volvo Car USA reported sales of 102,038 cars for the full year 2022, down 16.5% The company said that full year sales performance was affected by challenges across the supply chain as well as production restraints caused by component shortages and COVID-related lockdowns in China. compared with the year before. during the year, up 14.3%