Volkswagen Says Global Electric Vehicle Sales Jumped 97 Percent Last Year

Volkswagen Says Global Electric Vehicle Sales Jumped 97 Percent Last Year
A Volkswagen ID.5 electric car is on view at the show room of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) in Dresden, eastern Germany, on Nov. 3, 2021. Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images
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Volkswagen Group’s global electric vehicle deliveries nearly doubled last year helped by sales of its ID.4 electric sports utility vehicle and the legacy automaker said it expects the first half of 2022 to be highly volatile due to chip shortages.

What Happened

The German automaker said it delivered 263,000 all-electric vehicles to customers last year, a jump of 97 percent over 2020.

The automaker said the ID.4 electric SUVs contributed about 45 percent of the total all-electric vehicle sales at 119,650 units last year, followed by 76,000 units of the ID.3 hatchback.