Toyota has so far avoided any major production hiatus due to chip shortages, although this streak of good fortune is coming to an end. A problem that has plagued almost every other automaker has finally found Toyota, and it seeks to steal nearly 40% of the company’s global production next month as the company idles factories in the United States. United, Canada, Mexico and other parts of the world.
Toyota said it could lose up to 360,000 vehicles worldwide by September, according to Toyota North America Automotive News that it alone could lose 60,000 to 90,000 vehicles. TNA’s parent company estimates losses in the region at 80,000. That’s a substantial number of cars, although the production break does not affect all models. Trucks continue to reign supreme, and the company plans to continue production at its Texas plant that produces the Tacoma. Toyota is also preparing the plant to start producing the next generation Tundra.
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This is the first major reduction in the company’s production since the semiconductor shortage began to affect vehicle production at other automakers earlier this year. Toyota has released a partial schedule of its production breaks which shows some factories will idle for a few days until the end of next month while others, like the Century production, will shut down for the entire month of September. At idle, Toyota is suspending production of the new Land Cruiser 300 from September 3 to 30.
The chip shortage continues to ravage the global auto industry as automakers navigate a severely constrained chip supply chain. This leads to weird results like in Brazil, where Volkswagen sells the Fox without an infotainment display. Ford has considered sending unfinished vehicles to dealerships while Jeep halted production of the popular Gladiator earlier this month. It’s unclear when the shortage will resolve on its own, although it doesn’t look like it will anytime soon.
Toyota has so far avoided any major production hiatus due to chip shortages, although this streak of good fortune is coming to an end. A problem that has plagued almost every other automaker has finally found Toyota, and it seeks to steal nearly 40% of the company’s global production next month as the company idles factories in the United States. United, Canada, Mexico and other parts of the world.
Toyota said it could lose up to 360,000 vehicles worldwide by September, according to Toyota North America Automotive News that it alone could lose 60,000 to 90,000 vehicles. TNA’s parent company estimates losses in the region at 80,000. That’s a substantial number of cars, although the production break does not affect all models. Trucks continue to reign supreme, and the company plans to continue production at its Texas plant that produces the Tacoma. Toyota is also preparing the plant to start producing the next generation Tundra.
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This is the first major reduction in the company’s production since the semiconductor shortage began to affect vehicle production at other automakers earlier this year. Toyota has released a partial schedule of its production breaks which shows some factories will idle for a few days until the end of next month while others, like the Century production, will shut down for the entire month of September. At idle, Toyota is suspending production of the new Land Cruiser 300 from September 3 to 30.
The chip shortage continues to ravage the global auto industry as automakers navigate a severely constrained chip supply chain. This leads to weird results like in Brazil, where Volkswagen sells the Fox without an infotainment display. Ford has considered sending unfinished vehicles to dealerships while Jeep halted production of the popular Gladiator earlier this month. It’s unclear when the shortage will resolve on its own, although it doesn’t look like it will anytime soon.