BMW can’t finish production of 10,000 cars due to chip crunch
20 July 2021 - 16:51
By Reuters
Image: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Workers assemble BMW I3 electric cars on the assembly line at the BMW factory in Leipzig, Germany.
BMW said on Tuesday nearly all its German plants were affected by an ongoing shortage of semiconductors that are preventing the luxury carmaker from completing around 10,000 cars.
The Munich-based company earlier this month said the bottleneck, which has affected carmakers around the world, has led to 30,000 vehicles in lost production so far this year.
