Volvo Cars March sales rise 25% year-on-year
Volvo Cars March Sales Rise: Volvo Cars sales rose 25% in March from a year earlier to 78,970 cars, reaching an all-time high for global sales in a single month, the Sweden-based group said.
Volvo Cars March Sales Rise: Volvo Cars sales rose 25% in March from a year earlier to 78,970 cars, reaching an all-time high for global sales in a single month, the Sweden-based group said on Thursday. Volvo Cars, majority-owned by China's Geely Holding, said in a statement sales of fully electric cars were up 43% and accounted for 23% of all sales globally in the month.
Shares in the company rose 4% in early trade on Stockholm's stock exchange.
Total sales in Europe, Volvo Cars' biggest market, grew 33%, with sales of fully electric cars increasing 66% from a year ago.
In the United States, total sales rose 50%, while sales of fully electric cars declined 66%.
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