Ngokweengxelo zeendaba zangaphandle, uStellaantis uthe umzi-mveliso weJeep e-Illinois uza kugxotha abasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-1,600. Eli nyathelo libonisa ukuba ukunqongophala kwe-chip kuyanda kwaye ngoku kubangela umonakalo ongapheliyo kwishishini leemoto.

UStellantis uthe izakunqumla ishifti yesibini kwiplanti yaseBelvidere ngaphambi kwe-26 kaJulayi, eya kuchaphazela uninzi lwabasebenzi abayi-1,671. Inkampani yathi kwingxelo ye-imeyile ukuba utshintsho kukulinganisa ukuthengiswa kunye nokuveliswa kweJeep Cherokee. UStellantis uthe ukwehla kwemveliso ye-SUV yeLiberty "kuqiniswa kukunqongophala okungazange kubonwe kwihlabathi jikelele kwee-microchips."

Njengoko i-United States iwususa ngokuthe ngcembe ubhubhane kwaye abantu bethambekele ngakumbi ekuthengeni izithuthi zabucala, ukubonelela ngezithuthi kunqongophele. Nangona kunjalo, i-Freedom Light ayinguye umxhamli. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ukuthengiswa kwalo mzekelo e-United States kwehla i-29% ukuya kwiiyunithi ze-191,397. Ngexesha lobhubhani, umthamo wokuhanjiswa kweJeep uwonke uye wehla nge-14%.

Ukongeza, i-brand yaseJapan i-Infiniti ikwabhengeze ukuba iyakumisa ukuveliswa kwe-QX50 compact crossover ngenxa yokunqongophala konikezelo lwechip. Kuxelwe ukuba umzi-mveliso wakwa-Infiniti e-Aguascalientes uza kunqumamisa ukuveliswa kweemodeli ze-QX50 ngoJuni.

Isithethi sale nkampani siziqinisekisile ezi ndaba kwaye sachaza ukuba ukuqala kwinyanga ezayo, umzi-mveliso wenkampani eJapan uza kumisa ukuveliswa kwe-Q50 sedan. Isithethi sithe: "Siza kuqhubeka nokusebenza ngokusondeleyo kunye namaqabane ethu anikezela ngeenkonzo ukuvavanya ifuthe lemiba yokubonelela kunye nokunciphisa impembelelo kubathengisi nakubathengi."

I-QX50 yimodeli ethengiswa kakhulu ye-Infiniti, kwaye intengiso yayo kwikota yokuqala ibalwa malunga nesinye kwisithathu se-Infiniti yeentengiso ezipheleleyo kwiimarike zase-US. UTim Dahle Infiniti ngumsasazi we-Infiniti obekwe kwisiXeko saseSalt Lake. Umphathi wenkampani uDallas Fox uqikelela ukuba uluhlu lwe-QX50 luya kuphelelwa phakathi kuJuni kwaye aluyi kuphinda luzaliswe kude kube nguJulayi. Wathi: "Asinakuba nexesha elimnandi kweli hlobo."