Sales Of Environmentally Friendly Vehicles Rise, Volvo Records Global Sales Growth Of 6 Percent Last July

Volvo XC40 Recharge. (Doc. Volvo Cars)

JAKARTA - Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Cars managed to collect global car sales of 57,447 units last July, an increase of 6 percent compared to last year in the same period.

For the environmentally friendly vehicle segments consisting of Electric Vehicle (EV) and Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV), the brand recorded a 49 percent growth compared to last year and contributed 49 percent of total sales last July.

Meanwhile, the EV market made a contribution of up to 25 percent of the total globally last month.

"We are pleased to report another month of sales growth, which is largely driven by sales in Europe despite the general challenging market conditions," said Volvo Cars Chief Commercial Officer and Deputy CEO Bjorn Annwall, quoted from the brand's official website, Monday, August 5.

For seven months this year, Volvo managed to collect sales of up to 445,520 units, an increase of 13 percent compared to last year in the same period.

The European region is still the largest market for Volvo by obtaining sales of 28,390 units (up 40 percent) last July. In the January to July period, the bookmaker was up to 222,024 units, an increase of 33 percent.

China is another largest market for this brand, but sales have decreased. Last month, the region contributed 9.775 units, down 31 percent and the first seven months with 87.937 units, down 5 percent.

Another largest market for Volvo is the United States (US), which managed to contribute sales of up to 9,597 units (down 11 percent and January to July with a total of 70,609 units.

In July, Volvo XC60 was still the best-selling model with 15,577 units sold successfully, followed by XC40 and EX40 totaling 13,818 units, and EX30 as many as 9,201 units.