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Chip shortage forces Jaguar to halt production

SHORTAGE of chip forces Jaguar Land Rover to halt production at its Slovakian factory, The Times reported.

The luxury car producer, owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata, is understood to be stopping production this week at Nitra in Slovakia, that has a capacity to build 150,000 off-roaders a year.


The chip shortage has also affected production at its Halewood factory on Merseyside in recent weeks.

The global automotive industry has been hit by the chip shortages, affecting the supply of parts from headlights to screens.

Tata is understood to have lobbied the government to help ease the shortages by using diplomatic channels and pointed to the US president Joe Biden’s pressure on chip-makers.

Biden plans to make US a world leader in chip production.

Jaguar said it is “adjusting production schedules in some of our plants to reflect (disruption).”

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