Ford Motor has closed a sports hatchback assembly plant in Kentucky this week, and a small car open in Germany will also stop work for a month.
U.S. automakers have asked the U.S. government to assist in pressuring Asian semiconductor manufacturers to shift some of their production capacity to automotive chips. The industry is concerned that if the chip shortage is not relieved, the production disruption may continue until this fall.
On behalf of the three major U.S. auto plants lobbying organization American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC) is encouraging the U.S. Department of Commerce and the incoming Biden administration, hoping that the U.S. government to pressure the Asian semiconductor industry, the original supply of consumer electronics production capacity to be used for automotive key chips.
AAPC President Matt Blunt (Matt Blunt) said in an interview with Bloomberg on the 15th: “We have asked the United States to help us find a solution, because if the problem is not solved, it will cut our production, which will have a negative impact on the U.S. economy. “We are not mainly in the pursuit of who caused the global shortage, we just want a solution, the way is to have more automotive semiconductors.
According to Bloomberg reports, due to chip shortages, Ford Motor has closed a Kentucky sports hatchback assembly plant this week, a small car open in Germany will also be shut down for a month; Fiat Chrysler (Fiat Chrysler) also had to temporarily close factories in Mexico and Canada; more production shutdowns are likely in the coming weeks.
According to reports, the industry will be the shortage of automotive chips point to two levels: one is the outbreak of the epidemic last year, the car manufacturers themselves significantly reduced orders; the second is the chip makers to give priority to the production of chips for consumer electronics, because of higher profits, and these products due to the epidemic blockade period led to a surge in demand.
Blount, who was governor of Missouri, pointed out that chip makers need at least three months to increase production, so “will really affect the first half of this year, the longer it takes to solve the problem, the more likely to affect the third quarter.
Blunt said he has begun preliminary discussions with the Biden administration, and he hopes the new administration will chip shortages as a priority to be done.
He said: “The incoming administration has a lot of experience and expertise in the automotive industry, and of course many people, including the president-elect, understand how important this industry is to the United States. Therefore, we hope that this issue can be prioritized and can help us solve it as soon as possible after the president takes office.
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