production will resume on january 2 2022 compnay saidvienna useuropean auto giant stellantis announced tuesday it was suspending production in austrian capital vienna between october 18 and december 31 because of the world shortage of semiconductors production will resume on january 2 2022 it said adding that in the meantime staff would be put on shorttime working in its statement the company blamed the problem on the ongoing covid19 pandemic the carmaker the product of the merger between psa peugeot citroen opel and fca fiat chrysler employs around 460 people at its vienna plant advt the shortage of semiconductors a key component in cars electronic systems has already led other companies to lay off staff in several countries including germany the car industry is competing for these vital chips with the manufacturers of computers and smartphones germanys car industry recorded poor figures in september with fewer than 200000 cars sold the worst figure in 30 years in the same month car sales in the united kingdom continued their fall down 344 percent to the lowest level since 1998also readvolkswagen mexico extends partial production stop in puebla plantit comes as the industry is facing a worldwide semiconductor shortage after manufacturers shifted production toward laptops cell phones and video games during the pandemicsee more detailsaudi ceo sees chip shortage as perfect storm but will get through itwe had a very strong first half in 2021 we do expect a much weaker second half we really have trouble markus duesmann told reuters ahead of the reuters events automotive conference calling the situation a perfect stormsee more detailstesla sales continue to surge in face of chip shortagesearlier this month electrek reported on ceo elon musk telling employees in a companywide call that this is the craziest month of deliveries tesla will ever havesee more details afp published on oct 6 2021 at 1114 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app stellantis international chip shortage chip shortage impact on auto industry peugeot fiat opel citroen semiconductor shortage homenewsstellantis suspends vienna production over chip shortage