Reuters reports that Skoda Auto, the Czech subsidiary of Germany’s Volkswagen, will cut production because of a chip supply shortage. Production of Octavia, Enyaq, Fabia, Scala and Kamiq models will allegedly be cancelled for some shifts.
“After the optimism of the first weeks of the year, the production situation has deteriorated again.”
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In fact, Volkswagen was often affected by short-term chips last year, involving models such as Jetta, Taos and Tiguan, but it has gradually improved since July last year.
Volkswagen said at the time that although the industry generally expects that the supply of automotive chips will be greatly improved in the second half of the year, it cannot rule out the possibility of further adjustments to production in the future.
Since most of the automotive chips do not require advanced manufacturing processes, most of the current fab production capacity is occupied by advanced manufacturing processes. Therefore, since the beginning of 2022, there has been a global shortage of automotive chips, which has affected Volkswagen, GM, Ford, and Toyota. , Stellantis, Hyundai and many other automakers.
As for the domestic production capacity, SAIC Volkswagen previously stated that it will optimize the production scheduling plan according to market demand, and “prioritize the production capacity of products with large market demand”.
