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The latest numbers on the microchip shortage: North America loses 79,000 more vehicles2022-11-21 13:26:48

As the second full year of semiconductor shortages nears an end, automakers are still cutting cars and trucks off the schedule.

North American factories were forced to eliminate another 79,000 vehicles from their production plans this week because of ongoing shortages of microchips, according to AutoForecast Solutions.

As the industry nears the end of a second full year of the shortages worldwide, automakers still face more schedule changes to deal with the problem.

According to AFS’ latest forecast, microchip shortages will have knocked 4.4 million vehicles out of global production plans by the end of  2022. That is nearly 400,000 more vehicles than already have been eliminated this year — and with barely a month left in the 2022 calendar.

AFS indicates that China’s auto factories have been relatively spared from the chip crisis this year.

THE BREAKDOWN
  2022 YEAR TO DATE 2022 PROJECTED
North America 1,475,600 1,536,600
Europe 1,381,200 1,549,800
Rest of Asia 764,600 848,700
South America 216,200 216,800
China* 172,900 221,300
Middle East/Africa* 44,700 49,500
Total 4,055,100 4,422,800
*Unchanged from a week earlier

Source: AutoForecast Solutions Inc.