On February 24, local time, mercedes-Benz Group, which has just completed the renaming, released its 2021 financial report, which last year achieved revenue of 168 billion euros, group EBIT of 29.1 billion euros, a substantial increase of more than three times from 6.6 billion euros in 2020, and the group's net profit was 23.4 billion euros, compared with 4 billion euros in 2020.
Not long ago, Daimler AG officially changed its name to Mercedes-Benz Group AG, with a stronger focus on the passenger car business.
"Sales of high-end vehicles increased by 30 percent, deliveries of electric models of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles increased significantly by 64 percent, and our adjusted EBITda increased by 105 percent." Kang Linsong, chairman of the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, said that in addition to continuing to focus on cost efficiency and supply chain management, the strategic focus this year will be to continue to increase investment in pure electric models, "to accelerate the implementation of our plans in the field of automotive software, and continue to promote the growth of the luxury car business." ”
It is worth noting that on February 1 this year, Daimler AG was officially renamed Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Daimler Mobility AG was officially renamed Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG, and the former Daimler Truck and Bus business segment was successfully listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on December 10, 2021 after independence. To this end, the data in the financial statements of the Mercedes-Benz Group are divided into businesses that are in continuous operation and business that has ceased to operate. According to the division of each business segment of the new group, the financial report structure and the data of the previous year have also been adjusted accordingly.
(EQS officially entered the Chinese market at the end of last year.) ）
In addition to the earnings figures, Mercedes-Benz also mentioned several technical milestones last year: including the launch of four pure electric models, obtaining the world's first conditional autonomous driving (L3) system certification, etc., the flagship luxury pure electric model EQS has received orders for about 20,000 units, including about 3,600 orders in January 2022. Mercedes-Benz plans to launch a new line of all-electric models in 2022, including the all-new EQE and the all-new EQS electric SUV.
Last year, the automotive industry suffered a "core shortage" hit, Mercedes-Benz expects that semiconductor-related supply shortages will continue to affect market development in 2022, "the visibility of semiconductor supply is improving, production is gradually increasing, but high volatility and selectivity bottlenecks still exist." Therefore, it is currently impossible to predict when the semiconductor supply bottleneck will be eliminated. ”
Nandu reporter Zhong Jianting