Volvo Cars reported global sales of 50,820 cars in January, down 5 per cent compared to the same period last year. While the sale of electrified models increased across all major markets, the decrease in total sales was largely due to the timing of the Chinese New Year.

The company’s sales of electrified models – fully electric and plug-in hybrid models – grew 17 per cent compared to the same period last year and accounted for 44 per cent of all cars sold during January. The share of fully electric cars constituted 19 per cent of all cars sold for the month.

In January, the XC60 was the top-selling model with sales of 18,972 cars (2024: 18,011), followed by the XC40/EX40, with total sales of 8,736 cars (2024: 12,628) and the XC90 at 7,473 cars (2024: 8,167).

January 2025 January 2024 Change Total

50 820

53 402

-5%

Electrified models

22 398

19 171

17%

– Fully electric

9 705

9 226

5%

– Plug-in hybrid

12 693

9 945

28%

Mild hybrids/ICE

28 422

34 231

-17%

SOURCE: Volvo Cars