BMW's first-half sales fall 13% amid chip shortage

BERLIN -- BMW sales fell 13 percent in the first half of 2022 amid chip shortages and intermittent lockdowns in China.

From January to June, 1.16 million BMWs, Mini and Rolls-Royces vehicles were delivered, the group said in a statement on Friday.

The figure was in contrast to the first half of 2021, the strongest sales period in the company's history, according to the automaker.

Sales fell by nearly 20 percent in the second quarter, BMW said.

Sales of electric cars rose 110 percent in the first half of the year to nearly 76,000 BMWs and Mini cars, the company said.

BMW is on track to more than double sales of full-electric vehicles by the end of the year, as planned.