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04 December 2023

Daily Newsletter

04 December 2023

Volvo Cars reports sales up 8% in November

US and China lead strong Volvo Cars sales performance this year

Dani Cole December 04 2023

Geely-owned Volvo Cars has released its global sales report, which saw continued growth in November over last year. Volvo November sales reached a total of 63,682 cars, up 8% compared to the same month last year.

During the January-November period, Volvo Cars sold 632,701 cars globally, a 17% increase compared to the same period in 2022.

The share of Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up of chargeable Volvo models ended at 36% during the month of November.

Recharge is the sub-brand name for all chargeable Volvo models with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain. Sales of fully electric cars stood for 16% of all Volvo cars sold globally.

European sales for November reached 26,407 cars, an increase of 2% compared to the same period last year. The number of Recharge cars sold in the region came to 14,653 cars, which comprised 55% of all cars sold in Europe in November.

Volvo Cars’ US sales amounted to 11,671 cars, up 26% compared to the same month last year. Sales of Recharge cars grew 10% and accounted for 26 per cent of all cars sold in US during November.

Sales in China grew 21% during the month compared to November 2022 and reached a total of 15,178 sold cars. The number of Recharge models sold in China increased 21% compared to the same period last year.

In November, the Volvo XC60 was the top-selling model with sales reaching 22,317 (2022: 15,586), followed by the XC40, with total sales at 16,672 cars (2022: 18,188 units), and XC90 at 9,860 cars (2022: 8,283 units).

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