Porsche sees small uptick in global sales despite big drop in Taycan EV

Porsche managed to summation its planetary deliveries past twelvemonth by 2.6% contempt planetary proviso concatenation issues that crippled different carmakers arsenic good arsenic income of its archetypal all-electric car.

The German sports car shaper said Thursday it delivered 309,884 vehicles to customers past year, up from 301,915 vehicles successful 2021.

"The galore challenges caused by the warfare successful Ukraine, interrupted proviso chains and the ongoing semiconductor situation person shaped the past twelvemonth and enactment america to the test," Detlev von Platen, Porsche's caput of income and marketing, said successful a release.

Luxury conveyance income person faired amended than mainstream models amid precocious involvement rates and inflationary pressures. Ultra-luxury automakers Bentley and Rolls-Royce both reported grounds income past year.

Porsche's U.S. income outpaced an estimated 8% to 9% decline successful wide car income successful 2022.

Leading Porsche's flimsy uptick successful income past twelvemonth was a 13% summation successful overseas and emerging markets, followed by an uptick of 5.8% successful Europe. Its income successful North America were flat, and deliveries declined astir 2% successful China.

Porsche's U.S. income were level for the year, expanding by conscionable 40 units to 70,065 vehicles. The largest summation successful income was a 22.5% summation successful the Cayenne crossover. Most different models experienced notable declines, including a astir 23% driblet successful income of Porsche's all-electric Taycan to 7,271 units.

The carmaker said the diminution successful Taycan sales, including a 16% driblet globally, was "due to proviso concatenation bottlenecks and constricted constituent availability."