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Volvo Cars sales fall 12% in June, fully electric tumble 26%

Sales drop 14% in Europe, 7% in the US, and 3% in China
Published 02 Jul, 2025 02:00pm
Volvo Cars’ new electric sedan, the ES90, is displayed at an launch event in Stockholm, Sweden March 5, 2025. REUTERS
Volvo Cars’ new electric sedan, the ES90, is displayed at an launch event in Stockholm, Sweden March 5, 2025. REUTERS

Sweden-based Volvo Cars, opens new tab reported on Wednesday a fourth straight month of falling sales volumes, pressured by trade tariffs and weaker electric vehicle demand.

Volvo Cars, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely, said in a statement it sold 62,858 cars in June, a 12% drop from a year earlier.

The group, which in April withdrew its earnings forecast for the next two years in the face of tariffs, said sales of fully electric cars fell 26% to account for 22% of total sales volumes.

Sales of electrified cars as a whole, also including plug-in hybrids, were down 19% to account for 44% of total sales volumes.

Volvo Cars said in May it would cut 3,000 mostly white-collar jobs as it struggles with cost increases, a slowdown in electric vehicle demand and global trade uncertainty.

Its sales volumes in Europe were down 14% while in the US and China they were down 7% and 3%, respectively.

Shares in the company were up 1% in early trade, taking a year-to-date fall to 27%. Volvo Cars did not comment on the sales figures in the statement.

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