Volkswagen is reported to be in discussion with two of its top suppliers over possible compensation for losses caused to its output in Germany.
A report in this week’s German industry publication Automobilwoche said VW is looking for Bosch and Continental to share the burden and partly compensate the carmaker for additional costs resulting from the disruption caused to parts supply by the semiconductor shortage.
As reported last week, several of VW’s production sites in Germany have affected by the semiconductor bottleneck, which has affected the supply of parts to all models based on VW’s MQB platform for VW Group divisions, including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, Škoda, Seat and Audi. VW confirmed output reductions at Wolfsburg, and Emden and the component plant at Brunswick were also affected, according to Automobilwoche.
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