BERLIN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Porsche achieved a new all-time high in both revenues and operating profit in the fiscal year 2021, the German luxury sports car manufacturer said on Friday.
Revenues of Porsche increased by 15 percent year-on-year to 33.1 billion euros (36.7 billion U.S. dollars), while operating profit rose to 5.3 billion euros last year, according to the company.
Porsche increased its deliveries in all global sales regions last year. China continued to be the biggest individual market as deliveries increased by 8 percent to almost 96,000 vehicles.
A "very positive development" was also observed in Europe, said Porsche, adding that new vehicle deliveries in Germany alone increased by 9 percent to almost 29,000 units.
In total, Porsche delivered 301,915 vehicles to customers worldwide last year, exceeding the 300,000-mark for the "first time in the company's history." Almost 40 percent of all new Porsche vehicles delivered in Europe were already at least partly electrified, plug-in hybrids or fully electric models.
Porsche aims to generate half of its sales with electrified cars by 2025. In 2030, the share of all new vehicles with a fully electric drive system is to be in excess of 80 percent.
For these "ambitious goals," Porsche is investing in premium charging stations. Further "extensive investments are flowing into core technologies such as battery systems and module production," the German car manufacturer noted. (1 euro = 1.11 U.S. dollars) ■
