Volkswagen Group’s global electric vehicle deliveries nearly doubled last year helped by sales of its ID.4 electric sports utility vehicle and the legacy automaker said it expects the first half of 2022 to be highly volatile due to chip shortages. What Happened The German automaker said it delivered 263,000 all-electric vehicles to customers last year, a jump of 97 percent over 2020. The automaker said the ID.4 electric SUVs contributed about 45 percent of the total all-electric vehicle sales at 119,650 units last year, followed by 76,000 units of the ID.3 hatchback. Including plug-in hybrids, total battery electric vehicle deliveries reached 369,000 units last year, a jump of 73 percent over 2020. Volkswagen warned of persistent supply bottlenecks for semiconductors in the first six months and said it expects to be able to stabilize production as the year goes on. Overall, including gas-powered cars, Volkswagen said it delivered a total …