India, Oct. 13 -- The BMW Group (BMW.L,BMW3.DE,BMW.DE,BMW.MI) said its third quarter Automotive sales were 551,072 vehicles, a decline of 6.3% from a year ago. China sales region posted a decline of 24.8% in sales. In the third quarter, the Group delivered 110,257 fully electric vehicles worldwide, up 7.2% year-on-year. The Group noted that, in its third quarter, one in three vehicles delivered in Europe was fully electric.

In the first nine months, the Group delivered more than 1.7 million vehicles to customers worldwide, a decline of 4.9% in sales from last year. The BMW brand delivered around 1.5 million vehicles to customers between January and the end of September, down 6.4%. The Rolls-Royce brand delivered 3,592 vehicles to customers...