Volkswagen Group på kurs mot NY AUTO: Leveransene av batteri-elektriske kjøretøy doblet seg i 2021
Transformasjon på gang: 452 900 batteri-elektriske kjøretøyer (BEV) overlevert til kunder (pluss 96 prosent vs. 2020), Group klart BEV-markedsleder i Europa og antall-ber to i USA, BEV-volumet i Kina mer enn firedoblet til 92 700 enheter
Halvledermangel førte til en liten samlet nedgang i globale leveranser på 4,5 prosent fra år-til-år til 8,9 millioner kjøretøy til tross for fulle ordrebøker
Volkswagen kjørte frem sin transformasjon til en bærekraftig,-programvaresentrisk mobilitetsgruppe i året som nå var over, og omtrent doblet BEV-leveransene sine-til-år til 452 900 enheter. Disse utgjør nå 5,1 prosent av totale leveranser, opp fra 2,5 prosent året før. Konsernet er europeisk markedsleder for batteri-elektriske kjøretøy med stor margin og oppnådde den nest{10}}største andelen av det sentrale amerikanske markedet med rundt 7,5 prosent. I Kina ble det levert 92 700 BEV-er, mer enn fire ganger tallet for 2020. Salget av plugg-i hybrider over hele verden steg også betydelig til 309 500 enheter (pluss 61 prosent). Totalt leverte konsernet 8 882000 kjøretøy til kunder over hele verden. Som prognose førte den globale halvledermangelen til en liten nedgang på 4,5 prosent sammenlignet med 2020 til tross for høy kundeetterspørsel og fulle ordrebøker.
Christian Dahlheim, Head of Volkswagen Group Sales: "2021 was very challenging due to global semiconductor shortages, but we nevertheless consistently implemented our clear future course towards NEW AUTO. The doubling of our battery-electric volumes and the high demand for all our vehicles clearly show that we are on the right track. This is something we will build on in the current year and continue to drive forward our transformation."
Figures for 2021 show how the Volkswagen Group's business model is changing. The sources of income will progressively shift further from conventional petrol engines to zero-emissions electric cars and from sales of vehicles to software and mobility services, underpinned by the key technology of autonomous driving. The Volkswagen Group projects that in 2030 one in two cars sold worldwide will be purely electric.
Systematisk elektrifisering av produktporteføljen gjenspeiles også i investeringsplanleggingen for årene 2022 til 2026 som Volkswagen-konsernet presenterte i desember. Disse planene gir en økning i investerings- og utviklingskostnader for e-mobilitet på rundt 50 prosent sammenlignet med forrige planlegging, noe som gir totalt 52 milliarder euro.
The Group's top-selling batteri-elektriske modeller in 2021 were (in units):
– Volkswagen ID.4 119,600
– Volkswagen ID.3 75,500
– Audi e-tron (incl. Sportback) 49,200
– ŠKODA Enyaq iV 44,700
– Volkswagen e-up!1 41,400
– Porsche Taycan (incl. Turismo) 41,300
Leveransene i regionene utviklet seg som følger i 2021:
A total of 3,518,700 vehicles were delivered in Europa (–2.7 percent). In Vest-Europa, 2,860,400 customers took possession of a Group brand vehicle (–2.7 percent). Battery-electric vehicles were very popular in this region, accounting for 10.5 percent of Group deliveries in Western Europe (2020: 6.2 percent). This makes the Group the clear BEV market leader in Europe. Demand for BEVs was even somewhat stronger in Tyskland, the Group's home market, where battery-electric vehicles made up 11.4 percent of Group deliveries (2020: 5.9 percent). Here, a total of 991,900 vehicles across all drive systems were handed over to customers (–9.6 percent). Deliveries in Sentral- og Øst-Europa declined by 2.8 percent to 658,300 units.
In Nord Amerika, 908,400 customers took delivery of a new Group brand vehicle, a significant increase of 15.6 percent. This positive development was driven in particular by the USA, where deliveries rose by 16.9 percent to 671,800 units. The Group tripled its BEV deliveries in the largest North American market year-on-year to 37,200 vehicles, making it the number two for battery-electric vehicles.
The Group also lifted its delivery volumes year-on-year in the Sør Amerika region. A total of 514,600 vehicles were handed over to customers, an increase of 5.1 percent. In Brasil, the region's largest market, deliveries hovered around the prior{{0}}year figure at 376,500 units (–0.3 percent).
In the Asia-Stillehavet region, deliveries fell by 12.4 percent year-on-year to 3,610,600 units. Kina, the Group's largest single market, was among the hardest hit by the semiconductor shortages. Here, deliveries were down by 14.1 percent to 3,304,800 units. The electric offensive also bore fruit in this region, leading to the strongest volume growth among Group BEVs, which rose more than fourfold to 92,700 vehicles.
