Although electric vehicles EVs have yet to make a meaningful impact on South African sales charts, Volvo is taking an early lead in this space.
The Swedish carmaker announced this week that it sold 467 electric vehicles in Mzansi between January and September 2024, which equates to an average of 51 units per month.
Among these the EX30 emerged as the countrys top-selling EV in the first three quarters of the year with 348 sales, or 39 per month on average. It was followed by the XC40 at 96 10 per month and the C40 at 23 or 2.5.
Sadly its impossible to tell which its nearest rivals are on the sales charts as there is a complete lack of transparency among the other car companies that sell EVs. BMW, Mercedes and BYD, for instance, do not release detailed monthly sales figures to Naamsa.
Among those that do report, GMWs Ora sold an average of just two units per month in the past three months, while Jaguars I-Pace, which is being run out at present, found just one home per month.
