Volkswagen of America has launched its 4th quarter 2022 gross sales numbers and its full-year 2022 gross sales numbers. The German automaker additionally highlighted that 6.8% of Volkswagen’s 2022 gross sales within the USA had been EV gross sales (all ID.Four gross sales, because the ID.Four is the one electrical car Volkswagen sells within the nation). The factor is: there’s a a lot larger stat Volkswagen might have highlighted!
Within the 4th quarter, the Volkswagen ID.4’s share of Volkswagen of America gross sales was a whopping 18.2%! The ID.Four had 4,055 gross sales, a large chunk of Volkswagen’s 22,303 whole gross sales within the 4th quarter.
That 4,055 4th quarter consequence additionally meant that the ID.Four was Volkswagen’s second greatest promoting mannequin within the USA. Solely the Tiguan beat it, at 7,740 quarterly gross sales.
There’s a 3rd spotlight for the mannequin as properly. It had 171.4% development yr over yr within the 4th quarter. That’s simply barely forward of the Arteon’s development (171.3%) and solely trails the Golf R’s development (3,150%), however the Golf R doesn’t actually matter, going from 2 gross sales in This fall 2021 to 65 gross sales in This fall 2022.
Trying on the full yr, ID.Four gross sales had been up 22.5% — from 16,742 gross sales to 20,511 gross sales. Nonetheless, the Taos was up much more than that, 88.6% — from 31,682 gross sales to 59,103 gross sales. And the aforementioned Golf R was up 5,451.9% — from 27 gross sales to 1,499 gross sales. Right here’s the complete Volkswagen of America gross sales desk:
The massive image for Volkswagen, although, will not be so shiny. Its whole gross sales had been down 20.5% within the 4th quarter and down 19.7% within the yr as an entire. Maybe Volkswagen wants some extra electrical fashions on the sector?
Total, the ID.Four is popping out to be a robust mannequin for the Volkswagen model within the USA. It’s no Tesla Mannequin Y by way of gross sales quantity, but it surely’s one of many USA’s prime electrical fashions. Is it dwelling as much as its title as 2021 CleanTechnica Automotive of the 12 months? Within the US, a minimum of, I feel it’s doing what might be anticipated. It’s much more notable in Europe, in fact.
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