JLR joins its fellow carmakers whose operations have been impaired by the ongoing shortage of semiconductors across the world. According to recent reports, the carmakers has decided to halt production at its plants in Solihull, UK and Nitra, Slovakia until Friday (29 October), while the same will be implemented at plant in Graz, Austria, 25 and 26 October, as well as 1 and 2 November.
Citing individuals familiar with the mater, the economic times said that between 25 October and 12 November production of certain engines such as AJ20-P4 and AJ20-D4 will also discontinue as a result.
The current shut down is expected to cause a four-day production loss for JLR’s Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Defender, Discovery I-pace and E-pace models, and concerns have arisen that the company may be unable to reach its break-even production volume around 90,000 this quarter, on account of the ongoing challenges.
Announcing its sales results for the second quarter the luxury carmaker, owned by Tata Motors, celebrated the company’s success in responding to the semiconductor shortage and did not appear to have anticipated a halt in production in the following quarter.
“The global semiconductor supply issue represents a significant near-term challenge for the industry, which will take time to work through,” Lennard Hoornik, the chief commercial officer of JLR, said at the time. “However, it’s encouraging we were still able to grow sales of the Land Rover Defender in Q2.”
