Combined electrified vehicle deliveries increased 3.9 percent, lifting their share of total deliveries to 16.6 percent from 14.9 percent. Western Europe remained Volkswagen’s strongest electric vehicle market, accounting for 365,727 BEV deliveries, representing more than 80 percent of the Group’s global electric vehicle sales. BEV deliveries in Western Europe rose 8.1 percent, while electric vehicles accounted for 20.9 percent of regional deliveries, up from 19.9 percent a year earlier. Electric vehicles represented 21.8 percent of Volkswagen’s total deliveries in Germany, up from 19.2 percent in the previous year. North America experienced a sharp slowdown in electric vehicle demand.