Automotive analyst Matthias Schmidt looked at the first quarter of 2022 in his current report. As this shows, the proportion of electrified vehicles remained below the 20 percent mark. For the second month in a row. According to his analysis, this is due to bottlenecks in the procurement of cable harnesses in Ukraine, which is affecting the manufacturers’ production chain.
Of the Volkswagen Group had to stop the multi-brand electric car production line in Zwickau for a few days. According to Volkswagen, production was ramped up once more to 950 to 1,050 units per day from mid-April. According to the Financial Times, the production of electric cars by the VW Group also had to be stopped in China because important parts might not be delivered. In the USA and Europe, e-cars from the VW Group (VW, Audi, Porsche, Skoda, Seat) are currently “sold out”.. are to blame missing chips and wiring harnesses that come from the Ukraine – as automobile analyst Schmidt was also able to explain. In the first quarter of 2022, the VW Group sold just 99,000 electric cars worldwide. Tesla has delivered more than three times as many vehicles in the same period.
Schmidt takes a look at the figures, which might be found out through information from the VDA and the SAR. In the past twelve months, 630,500 electric cars and plug-in hybrids have rolled off the assembly line. In relation to each other, these make up around 20.30 percent of the 3.1 million cars manufactured in the period March 2021 and February 2022. So much for looking at the production figures in the first quarter of 2022.
The registration figures in the first quarter of 2022 are still positive in terms of their development. However, declining numbers can also be expected here if the current crises continue. What to assume. A total of 195,400 electrified vehicles have been registered since January, one percent more than in the same period last year. The VDA does not break down the data into PHEV and e-cars. Schmidt can provide data until the end of March 2022.
In the first three months of the year, 83,672 electric cars were registered in Germany, around 29.3% more than in the same period last year. In the case of plug-in hybrids, Germany had 67,771 registrations, which equates to a decline of 13.2 percent in registrations. Nevertheless, with 151,443 electrified vehicles by the end of March, it took first place in the ranking approved e-cars and PHEV in Europa.
Quelle: Matthias Schmidt -European Electric Car Market Intelligence Study March Q1/2022
