Charles Frump, Managing Director of Volvo Car Malaysia, said: "The launches of our first two locally assembled electric vehicles have been the catalysts of our sales growth. With an increased market share of our fully electric vehicles globally, we are optimistic the same will apply in Malaysia. In ending a successful 2022, we are excited to drive an all-electric future as we reinforce our commitment to offer Malaysians freedom to move in a personal, sustainable and safe way." At a global level, Volvo Cars' total sales of 615,121 cars for year 2022 was unavoidably affected by challenges across the supply chain and production restraints caused by component shortages and COVID-related lockdowns. Despite this, the demand for Volvo cars remained steadfast with the sales of the overall Recharge lineup with Pure Electric and Plug-in hybrid powertrains reaching 43.8 per cent in December 2022 whereby fully electric cars accounted for 20.1 per cent of global sales for the same month.