Toyota was a big winner this year by avoiding major shutdowns—until now
The global semiconductor shortage has finally started to bite at Toyota Motor Corp., highlighting howin the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic are hitting even the best-prepared companies.
Japan’s largest car maker said Thursday it was cutting production in the country by 40% in September because of a shortage of semiconductors. The company declined to say whether it would shut down plants outside of Japan. The cuts affect most of Toyota’s plants in Japan and some of its bestselling vehicles. One of Toyota’s main plants near its headquarters in Toyota City, which produces both the RAV4 sport-utility vehicle and Corolla sedan, will close from Sept. 1 to Sept. 17. The nearby Tsutsumi plant that produces the Camry and Lexus ES sedans faces a similar period of closure.
of the coronavirus and relatively low vaccination rates have caused sharp production cuts because governments forced plants to limit operations.
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