{"id":13560,"date":"2021-11-16T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13560"},"modified":"2021-11-16T11:45:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:45:01","slug":"vw-halts-electric-vehicle-production-over-supply-chain-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13560","title":{"rendered":"VW halts electric vehicle production over supply chain issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volkswagen has to halt electric vehicle production for a week at two German factories over supply chain issues. This is going to affect EV supply for several of the German automaker\u2019s brands.<\/p>\n

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Supply chain issues, and especially the chip shortage, have had major impacts on the auto industry. For Volkswagen, Germany\u2019s Automobilwoche<\/a> reports that the automaker was able to prioritize chip supply to electric vehicles:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo far, VW\u2019s e-car production has come through the chip crisis rather lightly.\u00a0While the production lines at the Golf and Tiguan regularly come to a standstill in Wolfsburg, VW\u2019s e-cars were preferably supplied with semiconductors.\u00a0The production of electric cars in Zwickau and Dresden therefore continued without major interruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But it looks like the company can\u2019t protect its EV production from the chip shortage anymore.<\/p>\n

The publication reports that it is are shutting down electric vehicle production at its two main German factories for a week:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe chip crisis is now also affecting e-car production at VW: Production will be suspended in Zwickau and Dresden this week.\u00a0Audi and Cupra models are also affected.\u00a05000 vehicles will be eliminated as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At the Zwickau plant, Volkswagen produces the VW ID.3, VW ID.4, Audi Q4 e-tron, and Cupra Born. We can expect the availability of those vehicles to be limited for a short period because of the production halt.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, it doesn\u2019t hurt the automaker\u2019s momentum too much since it managed to grow its EV deliveries significantly in 2021.<\/p>\n

The Volkswagen Group has previously disclosed that it delivered 122,100 electric vehicles (BEV) worldwide during the third quarter of this year, which represents a 109% increase over the same period in 2020.<\/p>\n

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