Automakers have dropped another 27.700 vehicles from their production plans worldwide because of microchip shortages, mostly triggered by layoffs in Asia, Automotive News reported Sunday.
According to the latest estimate from "AutoForecast Solutions", this figure shows a large reduction from last week.
Because of this problem, about 2.26 million vehicles have been scrapped so far this year.
About 25.500 vehicles left production at factories in Asia, not including China, while 2.200 were lost in North America.
Other reductions were not reported in Europe, China, South America, the Middle East or Africa, however vehicles continue to leave production for other reasons, particularly in China, where the biggest reasons are due to COVID-19.
"The decline in production in China has been largely due to pandemic-related shutdowns. These production losses have masked potential losses from semiconductor shortages in China, but continue to hamper production around the world where chips are sourced from shuttered factories for due to COVID-19," said Sam Fiorani, AutoForecast's vice president of global vehicle forecasting.
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