At present, Volkswagen officially revealed that due to the global chip shortage crisis, the output of volkswagen group in 2021 has been reduced to 2.3 million units, which is less than the 2.5 million production capacity of the entire BMW group. At the same time, the Volkswagen Group's cumulative sales reached 8.6 million vehicles in 2021, of which only Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and SEAT brands remained stable, but the sales figures still decreased by 6.3% compared with 2020.
According to Wolfsburg Cloud Computing, the Volkswagen Group's sales revenue in 2021 actually climbed to 250.9 billion euros, while operating profit also climbed to 19.3 billion euros, and overall pre-tax profit increased by nearly 73% to 20.1 billion euros, all thanks to higher transaction prices for the brand's products and the accelerated introduction of pure electric models.
Although Volkswagen Group's sales of new energy products in the U.S. market are not as good as Tesla's, its new energy models in the European market will sell 452,900 units in 2021, accounting for 25% of total sales. According to Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Group, after being affected by external factors in chip production, the war between Russia and Ukraine will once again aggravate the disruption of the global supply chain, and the price of its chip manufacturing and auto parts production will also increase, and many global car companies, including Volkswagen Group, will also usher in a sharp increase in the price of their products.