Volkswagen declined to comment on the report, saying that while a slight easing of supply conditions is expected in 2022, the first half of the year will remain very volatile.
see photosVW is preparing for the possibility that the current chip shortage could last at least until early 2023
Citing people familiar with the matter, manager Magazine reported on Thursday that Volkswagen expects to produce fewer cars in 2022 than this year.
The carmaker, which last week lowered its forecast for 2021 vehicle deliveries to 9 million from 9.3 million, is preparing for the possibility that the current chips shortage will last until at least early 2023, the report said. can.
In a worst-case scenario, deliveries could drop to 8 million cars next year — but if things go relatively well, deliveries could drop slightly from this year, it said.
Volkswagen declined to comment on the report, saying that while a slight easing of supply conditions is expected in 2022, the first half of the year will remain very volatile.
Volkswagen last week lowered its forecast for 2021 vehicle deliveries from 9.3 million to 9 million
Carmakers including BMW and Daimler have said they expect chip problems to continue well into 2022, with BMW confirming to Reuters on Thursday that the crisis was not expected to subside until the second half of next year.
Whether buying computer chips directly from manufacturers, reconfiguring cars, or missing parts, many carmakers are getting creative to deal with the global shortage that some expected by early next year. will decrease.
Volkswagen’s Audi, which is extending its Christmas break to January 10 due to a supply bottleneck with its koda brand, said it expects the situation to continue until “the end of the month”.
“We expect to be surrounded by this crisis for months into the coming year,” a spokesman said. “The shortfall could go on for even longer.”
Volkswagen-owned Porsche also said in November that the crisis highlighted the need for automakers to take over production.
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“Anyone who believes that the chip crisis will calm itself next year is wrong,” CEO Oliver Bloom told Germany’s Börsen-Zeitung.
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