The chip crisis is hitting hard the automotive sector . The cars, today, are more and more; dependent on semiconductors as they have more and more digital technologies; advanced. Today they can be considered as “computers with 4 wheels”, and for this reason the supply problems of the chips are putting in serious difficulties; car manufacturers. As a result, manufacturers are forced to revise production plans , even stopping the construction of their cars.
C & # 39; & egrave; who even had to postpone the launch of new models due to the lack of these important components. On this front comes, through Automotive News Europe, the news that Volvo has had to temporarily stop production at its Swedish plant near G & ouml; teborg.
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Production in Torslanda will be; temporarily suspended from tonight due to a shortage of material linked to the semiconductor problem.
When will it start again? production? The car manufacturer makes it known that the activities & agrave; they will resume as soon as possible , at most; late before next week. The stop, therefore, should not last too long. Sure & egrave; that these production breaks also impact on availability; of cars, causing delays on orders. Customers, therefore, will be forced to wait longer; their vehicles. And for the car manufacturers it also means cashing in more; money from their cars sold.
In July , Volvo had global sales of 56,883 cars , down by the number of cars. 8.7% compared to the same period last year. The decrease & egrave; This was mainly attributable to fewer sales in Europe, as well as an exceptionally high global sales performance in July last year, when dealerships began to reopen for deliveries following temporary closures due to the pandemic. The volumes were also affected by the global shortage of semiconductors .
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