Jan 7 (Reuters) – Sweden-based Volvo Cars sold 75,049 cars in December, up 2% from a year earlier, it said on Wednesday.
Volvo Cars, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely Holding, said in a statement the sale of fully electric cars rose 28% year-on-year. Sales of electrified cars as a whole, also including plug-in hybrids, were up 6%.
“We are pleased to end the year on a positive note with growth across key regions thanks to increased sales of our fully electric and plug-in hybrid offerings,” Chief Commercial Officer Erik Severinson said in a statement.
“Despite a challenging market that continues to be under pressure on multiple fronts, we are encouraged to see increased deliveries of our fully electric products, notably the EX90 and EX30,” he added.
(Reporting by Jagoda Darlak, editing by Terje Solsvik and Anna Ringstrom)
