The spread of Covid-19 in South-East Asia and ongoing semiconductor shortages mean Toyota is having to reduce vehicle output from its global assembly plants by 40% next month
Parts shortages caused by the spread of Covid-19 in South-East Asia, compounded by ongoing semiconductor shortages, have forced Toyota to cut September’s global production by 40%. Output will be scaled back in Japan, Europe and North America, as well as China, and the carmaker expects to lose output equal to 360,000 vehicles for the month. That follows shutdowns to assembly lines at a number of facilities through the last three months because of similar disruption.
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