Increase on sales in United States

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Automotive news says that Volkswagen and Audi have increased their sales in the United States as a direct result of selling more electric cars producing more electric cars and actually allowing owners to pick them up unlike BMW hello my friends welcome to the channel I'm the electric Viking great to see you thank you for tuning in welcome to all the new subscribers welcome back everyone else and I would like reading these headlines from the mainstream media I like what the mainstream media recognize reality for what it is and they just say oh this company sales went down because of Chip shortages and then you know you realize they're not selling any EVS or this company sales only went up because of Chip excess chip supplier well it's interesting to see that Audi and Volkswagen sales have gone up as a direct result of transforming the Audi business in particular into making more EVs and same thing with Volkswagen now they haven't transformed into this magical EV producer overnight but they are making more EVS in the US those EVS qualify for the IRA tax incentives and that's a big Advantage for them versus some other automakers especially their competition from Japan Volkswagen's U.S sales climbed 4.4 percent of the first quarter to 67 853 on strength from its internal combustion powered crossovers but more so than that on greater availability of EVS including the id4 electric vehicle this is a result a Volkswagen shifting production of the id4 electric vehicle to the United States which started last year Audi sales are up 50 in the quarter to 52 763. that's insane they're up 50 and it's clearly a very direct correlation with the fact that they're growing their lineup of EVS making more EVS for us buyers Brands Volkswagen up 4.4 Audi up 49 now remember Audi is the manufacturer planning on going EV only at all the Germans Audi appears to be the most aggressive towards EVS when you've got Mercedes probably in second place saying 100 of their car sales in 2030 will be electric by the way Germans are saying they're idiots they shouldn't be doing this they're going all in on EVS it's a bad decision seriously I've read that today but Audi is even more aggressive Audi wants to hit that number earlier BMW on the other hand is saying that 50 of their sales will be EV in 2030 and if 50 will be gasoline-powered cars that said Volkswagen and Audi have offered more incentives for their cars their average discount is 2 154 that's an increase of 22 from a year earlier so I mean Auto news they love to say that Tesla sales are only because they've discounted they don't mention anything about Audi or Volkswagen sales being only because they've discounted clearly the discounts have helped but obviously the EV production has helped as well average transaction price including Porsche is 49 000 US Dollars that's an increase of 8.4 percent from a year earlier here's a quote from the company I'm confident in our business with three consecutive quarters of year over year new car sales growth the Audi brand is stronger than ever in the United States Market Daniel weissland president of Audi of America said in a statement let's be Frankie this is an amazing result for Audi nearly 50 000 deliveries versus half that number a quarter ago absolutely incredible you can only attribute this to one thing that is EV production Audi sold 4438 EVS in the US in the first quarter that's about a 30 increase from one year earlier this comes on the back of sales or the introduction of the Q4 e-tron and the Q4 sportback e-tron keep in mind there's new versions of those vehicles coming out soon I made a video about those actually I'll put a link in the description now what surprised me the most here though was the fact that Volkswagen Audi are so far behind Tesla I really would have expected them being these International well-known renowned German Brands to be selling better in the US it's quite shocking to me that Tesla is selling you know at least double that number of cars in the US really not something that you would think would be happening to a car company that has 190 billion dollars in debt and plans on borrowing 200 billion dollars more that's what they said within the last few weeks over the next five years that's a lot of debt they're going to need a lot of sales to pay that back what are your thoughts on that thanks for watching