Despite the chip crisis, there will be no production downtimes at Volkswagen next week. As things stand today, vehicle production at the German locations will be secured for the coming week, the group said. “The delivery bottlenecks at the Dutch chip manufacturer Nexperia continue to have no impact on production at the Volkswagen brand’s vehicle manufacturing plants in Germany for the time being,” said a spokesman. “As things stand today, the driving style in the coming week will also be secured at all other German production sites of the Volkswagen Group.” This also applies to the subsidiaries Audi, Porsche and VW Commercial Vehicles. The same also applies to the Skoda and Seat plants in the Czech Republic and Spain, a spokesman added when asked. The group’s own component plants in Germany will also produce normally next week. In principle, outages can still occur. How things will continue in November cannot yet be estimated. “Against the background of the dynamic situation, short-term effects on the Volkswagen Group’s production network cannot be fundamentally ruled out,” said the spokesman. On Wednesday, VW had warned of possible production downtimes, which were also possible in the short term. The reason is delivery problems at the chip manufacturer Nexperia. “Given the dynamic situation, effects on production cannot be ruled out in the short term,” VW said in an internal communication at the time. More on the topic Brand production director Christian Vollmer expressed confidence on Thursday that production stops could be averted. Negotiations are currently underway with possible replacement suppliers who could compensate for the loss of delivery of Nexperia semiconductors, he told the “Handelsblatt”. VW is in close contact with potential suppliers, a spokesman added. Nexperia is experiencing delivery problems after the Dutch government took control of the company run by a Chinese parent company. China then stopped exports of Nexperia products such as chips for the auto industry. Other manufacturers and suppliers are also affected. The background is the trade dispute between the USA and China.
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