Volvo Cars’ global sales increased by 5.6% to 698,693 cars in the full year 2021, the Chinese-owned company said today. Volvo said the results demonstrated the continued popularity of Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up of cars with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain. Sales of Recharge models grew by 63.9% in 2021 compared with 2020. Recharge cars made up 27% of the company’s total sales volume in 2021. The number of Volvo cars sold directly online increased by 316% in 2021 compared with 2020. This growth was driven by increasing customer demand in combination with more choices in more markets. (Autoinformed.com: Volvo to Only Sell EVs Online as a Pure EV Company by 2030)