stockholmvolvo car ab said wednesday that car sales rose 69 on the year in october as underlying demand remained robust especially for its recharge range of pure electric and plugin hybrid cars the swedish auto makermajority owned by chinas zhejiang geely holding groupsaid it sold 54317 cars in october up from 50815 in the same month last year in europe sales slipped 04 to 22030 cars while sales in china rose 37  to 15048 cars the company reported a sales increase of 89 in the us to 9478 cars volvos recharge range of fullyelectric or plugin hybrid models accounted for 37 of all volvo cars sold globally in october while fullyelectric models accounted for 15 of global sales the company said