Jaguar Land Rover halts production because of chip shortage

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Jaguar Land Rover says it's suspending production at two U.K. factories, becoming the latest automaker to fall victim to a global shortage of microchips.

FILE - In this Wednesday Sept. 28, 2016 file photo, a worker polishes a Jaguar logo on a car at a Jaguar dealer in London. Jaguar Land Rover said Thursday April 22, 2021, it's suspending production at two U.K. factories, becoming the latest automaker to fall victim to a global shortage of microchips. said Thursday it's suspending production at two U.K. factories, becoming the latest automaker to fall victim to a global shortage of microchips.

Production will be halted for a “limited period" starting Monday at its Halewood factory near Liverpool and at its Castle Bromwich plant near Birmingham in central England, the company said, without being more specific. Manufacturing at another plant in Solihull in central England will continue.

 

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It is not a shortage but a 'hoarding'. Many distributors hoard chips, 1-2 dollars of chips, and they can sell them for 1-200 dollars. It's more profitable than selling drugs.

would this also be anything to do with brexit? i wonder.....

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