The surge in gross sales was largely because of the sturdy efficiency of the corporate’s hybrid fashions in Europe.
Final 12 months Renault offered 1,133,478 autos globally with virtually three-quarters of that being European gross sales, and this 12 months the corporate has offered 1,154,700 autos.
The corporate had even larger features in a few of its key markets like Europe which noticed a 6.7% improve in gross sales, outpacing the present market development of 5.5%.
Moreover, the corporate’s electrical autos accounted for 29.6% of gross sales within the area, which is 4.3% greater than the earlier 12 months.
Renault returned to development in 2023, after 4 years of declining unit gross sales, and they’re hoping that 10 new automobile launches this 12 months will assist preserve the momentum going.
The primary-half quantity suggests development within the second quarter slowed barely after a 2.6% rise within the earlier three months.
Fabrice Cambolive, Renault model CEO, as reported by Reuters, advised reporters that this was possible resulting from a drop in demand in worldwide markets, together with South Korea, India and Argentina.
Renault highlighted the sturdy efficiency of its hybrid autos in Europe, however as an entire, the corporate’s passenger automotive gross sales dipped by 2% in comparison with final 12 months’s numbers.
Whereas their gentle industrial autos had a a lot quicker development price of 14.6%, their low-cost Dacia model additionally noticed a gross sales quantity improve of three.8%.
