the global shortage of semiconductor chips will last throughout this year and into 2023 the top executive at premium german carmaker mercedesbenz said on wednesday mercedesbenz chief executive ola kaellenius said at the reuters automotive europe conference in munich that it will take a decade to transition the carmakers engine plants to making only fullyelectric cars but he said he was confident it could be managed in an orderly fashionmercedes readies plants to produce electric vehiclesmercedes aims to halve co2 emissions per passenger car over the life cycle by the end of this decade compared to 2020see more details reuters published on jun 29 2022 at 0811 pm 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 ola kaellenius mercedesbenz mercedes ceo semiconductor shortage chip shortage impact on auto industry homenewsauto componentsmercedes ceo sees semiconductor shortage lasting into 2023