The global shortage of microchips continues to wreak havoc in vehicle production centers around the world. Now, how many cars have been left to manufacture? Information reveals the latest figures left by this crisis.
The stock crisis in dealerships due to the global shortage of microchips was a major drag on the automotive sector that, without a doubt, marked last year. An additional problem to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic uncertainty that had already been flying over European territory. Now, after leaving behind the first quarter of 2022, we can say that microchip shortage continues to affect operations at vehicle production sites.
A report published by AutoForest
and whose information has been collected by the specialized media autonews reveals the latest figures left by the microchip crisis. How many cars have been discontinued?
This information confirms that Europe is being particularly affected by the lack of some components that are necessary for the manufacture of vehicles.
Car factories in Europe are hit by the lack of microchips
In the vehicle production centers located in Europe, the global shortage of microchips is being particularly noticeable. These latest estimates show that, although In certain parts of the world, car factories have had a particular respiteIn the Old Continent the situation is very different.
The new production forecast that has been released ensures that around 98,900 vehicles have been added to the particular tally of models that have been dropped from production schedules. So far in 2022, approximately 1.2 million vehicles have been discontinued. To this must be added the 10.5 million vehicles that should have been manufactured in 2021 and whose production could not be carried out due to the lack of microchips.
The cars that have been discontinued in 2022
* Until now
In the specific case of European factories, some 747,000 vehicles have been eliminated so far this year. However, assembly plants in other parts of the world have seen a marked improvement. They suffered relatively few disruptions related to microchip shortages. In North America the list of vehicles that have not been manufactured has barely grown. In Asia, South America, the Middle East or Africa, no stoppages caused by missing components were reported.
The production adjustments have forced to update the sales forecasts for 2022. One more year, the registrations of new cars will be especially burdened.
Last but not least, the European automotive industry faces an additional problem. And, in case this particular “perfect storm” that hits the sector was not enough, we must add the shortage of certain components that arrived from Ukraine and that are also necessary for the manufacture of automobiles.
Source: autonews