Photographer: TJ Kirkpatrick / Bloomberg
Photographer: TJ Kirkpatrick / Bloomberg
The Toyota Motor Corp. cutting production of its full-size pickup truck made in Texas due to a global shortage of semiconductors that affected many of the world’s largest semiconductors.
The Japanese company plans to trim production of its San Antonio-made Tundra model by 40% this month due to limited supply of chip, a spokesman for Toyota’s U.S. operation in email Saturday.
“So far only Tundra has been affected in North America,” said spokesman Scott Vazin.
Toyota is the latest car manufacturer to cut production after chip makers redesigned production capacity amid the closure of automated factories last spring and surprised them with a re-launch. -a sharp turnaround in car demand later in the year. The cuts come as many appliance manufacturers have been raising productivity to refill low investments of popular models such as sports utility vehicles and trucks.
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Toyota sold 109,203 Tundra pickups last year in the U.S., less than half the number of medium-sized Tacoma trucks it delivered. While the Tundra has struggled in the full-size market, Tacoma has been selling the best truck in its segment for more than a decade.
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