Semiconductor shortage: Volkswagen sales significantly affected

Created: 04/14/2022, 11:18 am

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The VW group remains under pressure in its sales due to a lack of electronic chips.

In March, too, the carmaker delivered almost a third fewer vehicles to customers, picking up on the weak opening months, according to figures published by VW on Thursday.

Wolfsburg - With 655,800 cars and commercial vehicles, the Wolfsburg-based company now delivered almost 1.9 million vehicles in the first quarter - 21.9 percent less than a year earlier.

The malaise ran through all important sales regions: In Western Europe, the group recorded a decline of 14.7 percent in the quarter, while deliveries in the most important individual market, China, fell by 23.9 percent.

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With electric cars, VW can still score points.

In the months of January to March, VW got rid of a total of 99,100 fully electric vehicles - an increase of around two thirds.

In China, where the ramp-up has been sluggish for a long time, deliveries of battery-electric vehicles have quadrupled to 28,800 units.

dpa