Mercedes delivered 490,000 fewer vehicles than within the earlier 12 months – Muricas News

The dearth of laptop chips and the corona lockdown in China brought on Mercedes-Benz gross sales to drop sharply within the second quarter. From April to June, the German carmaker delivered 490,000 vehicles or 16 p.c fewer than within the earlier 12 months, Mercedes-Benz introduced on Monday. Lacking elements and transport issues associated to the lockdown in China, which affected the necessary industrial port of Shanghai, for instance, slowed down manufacturing and deliveries.

“Buyer demand stays at a excessive stage in all areas,” added the DAX group. Luxurious fashions such because the Maybach and the electrical vehicles from the EQ mannequin sequence are in significantly excessive demand. The smaller Vans division was slightly below the prior-year stage by way of gross sales within the second quarter with 100,000 models worldwide. The manufacturing of fashions such because the Sprinter, Vito or V-Class additionally suffered from the continual scarcity of semiconductors.