According to a study, the scarce supply of computer chips is giving the global car companies a “profitable special boom”: The sales of the world’s 16 largest manufacturers rose by 13 percent in the second quarter, as calculated by the auditing and consulting company EY in Stuttgart.
The demand for cars is still greater than the supply - "that gives the car companies further momentum".
The manufacturers would hardly have to grant price reductions, but could even enforce price increases in some cases, explained EY expert Constantin Gall on Friday.
That drives sales for most companies.
There is currently a global shortage of computer chips.
Since the components also play a central role in cars, this limits production capacity and makes new cars scarce.
In such situations, manufacturers can push through higher prices.
At the same time, their sales fell by ten percent.
Important markets such as China, the USA and Europe are currently weakening.
According to EY, sales figures in China fell by 24 percent.
Volkswagen and Toyota ahead
Sales leader among the industry heavyweights was VW with 70 billion euros, ahead of Toyota with 61 billion euros and Opel's mother Stellantis with 44 billion euros.
In terms of profits, Mercedes-Benz was ahead with 4.6 billion euros, VW with 4.5 billion euros and Toyota with 4.2 billion euros in the second quarter.
According to the analysis, Tesla again posted the highest profit margin at 14.6 percent, ahead of Mercedes-Benz at 12.7 percent and Kia at 10.2 percent.
On average, the company's margin was 7.9 percent, below the comparable level of the previous year, when it was 9.8 percent.
EY took this as a sign that the business situation was starting to normalize.
"The days of dream margins will soon be over," explained EY expert Peter Fuss.
The supply of semiconductors should slowly improve over the next few months, which will again lead to increases in production and a larger supply of new cars.
At the same time, there were signs of problems on the demand side, since a global recession was looming and Europe was currently experiencing an energy crisis.