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BERLIN (Reuters) – Luxurious carmaker Porsche AG expects one other document yr for gross sales regardless of the worldwide semiconductor chip scarcity, its gross sales chief was quoted as saying by trade journal Automobilwoche.
“After I have a look at the present orders, I am assured for 2022. Progress in gross sales might attain a equally excessive degree this yr as in 2021,” Detlev von Platen stated in an interview with the journal.
Gross sales at Porsche, a part of Volkswagen (DE:), rose 11% final yr to 301,915 which might imply they might attain greater than 335,000 this yr if progress maintains the identical tempo.
Van Platen stated Porsche needed to rent 400 extra staff. The carmaker has a workforce of almost 40,000.
The excessive demand was resulting in longer supply instances, he stated.
“Wait instances can final a number of months, in some instances as much as a yr,” von Platen stated.
Carmakers all over the world have been hit by a scarcity of semiconductors attributable to COVID-19 supply-chain disruptions in addition to hovering semiconductor demand at client digital corporations.
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