In a statement, the association showed its growing concern about the of vehicles in Europe due to the blockage of the supply of fundamental microchips, which are essential for the manufacture of control units for vehicle electrical systems, for example.
“The situation is becoming increasingly critical for the automotive industry,” said the association, cited by the agency Efeexplaining that its members are using their reserves of these chips, but supplies are decreasing rapidly and some manufacturers are already predicting “imminent shutdowns” of their assembly lines.
While there are many alternative suppliers, it will take “several months” to develop the capacity needed to cover supply shortages, added the organization, whose members include manufacturers such as BMW, Renault, StellarDaimler, Mercedes e Volkswagen.
A Nexperia that China after the Netherlands resorted to a emergency law to intervene in the group’s Dutch branch – which was founded in the Netherlands, but in 2019 passed into Chinese hands – to avoid the transfer of knowledge to the factory in the Asian country, to which the latter responded with a consequent veto.
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