Stellantis delays production of Amid Trucks global chip shortage

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Stellantis NV, the world’s fourth-largest automaker, said the output of its Ram Classic construction trucks in Warren, Michigan, and Saltillo, Mexico, will be affected for “several weeks” due to global chip shortages.

The company, founded from this year The union of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and PSA Group said it will terminate the vehicles when the required part of the chip is available, according to an email statement from the company on Saturday.

“We continue to work closely with our suppliers to mitigate the manufacturing impacts caused by the various supply chain issues facing our industry,” he said.

The global shortage of semiconductors is spreading to industries from device manufacturers to consumer electronics manufacturers. Namely Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chips and consumer electronics, warned this week that the crisis could be a problem for his business next quarter.

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On Friday, Toyota Motor Corp. said. suspended activity at a plant in the Czech Republic for two weeks due to chip shortage.

On March 11, Chinese semiconductor industry group they said they have agreed to work with its U.S. agency on chip-related issues, a rare example of bilateral cooperation in an area that has become a vehicle for tensions between Washington and Beijing.

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