Ngokwemibiko yabezindaba yakwamanye amazwe, iStellaantis ithe imboni yayo yakwaJeep e-Illinois izodiliza abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-1,600. Lesi sinyathelo sikhombisa ukuthi ukushoda kwama-chip kuyadlondlobala futhi njengamanje kubangela umonakalo ongapheli embonini yezimoto.

UStellantis uthe uzonqamula umsebenzi wesibili embonini yaseBelvidere ngaphambi kukaJulayi 26, okuzothinta abasebenzi ababalelwa ku-1,671. Le nkampani isho esitatimendeni se-e-mail ukuthi ukushintshwa wukulinganisa ukuthengiswa nokukhiqizwa kweJeep Cherokee. UStellantis uthe ukwehla kokukhiqizwa kweSUV yakwaLiberty "kuqiniswe ukushoda okungakaze kubonwe emhlabeni jikelele kwama-microchips."

Njengoba i-United States iqeda kancane kancane ukuvinjwa kwalolu bhubhane futhi abantu bethambekele kakhulu ekuthengeni izinto zokuhamba ezizimele, ukuhlinzekwa kwezimoto bekuyindlala. Kodwa-ke, iFreedom Light ayiyena ohlomulayo. Ngonyaka odlule, ukuthengiswa kwalolu hlobo e-United States kwehle ngo-29% kuya ku-191,397 amayunithi. Phakathi nalolu bhubhane, umthamo wokulethwa komkhiqizo weJeep nawo wehle ngo-14%.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhlobo lwaseJapan i-Infiniti luphinde lwamemezela ukuthi luzomisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-QX50 compact crossover ngenxa yokushoda kwama-chip. Kubikwa ukuthi imboni yakwa-Infiniti e-Aguascalientes izomisa ukukhiqizwa kwezinhlobo ze-QX50 ngoJuni.

Umkhulumeli wale nkampani uziqinisekisile lezi zindaba waveza ukuthi kusukela ngenyanga ezayo, imboni yale nkampani eseJapan izomisa nokukhiqizwa kwe-Q50 sedan. Umkhulumeli uthe: "Sizoqhubeka nokusebenzisana eduze nabahlinzeki bethu ukuze sihlole umthelela wezinkinga ze-supply chain futhi sinciphise umthelela kubathengisi nakumakhasimende."

I-QX50 iyimodeli edayiswa kakhulu ye-Infiniti, futhi ukuthengiswa kwayo kwikota yokuqala kubalele cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yokuthengiswa okuphelele kwe-Infiniti emakethe yase-US. U-Tim Dahle Infiniti ungumsabalalisi we-Infiniti otholakala e-Salt Lake City. Isikhulu senkampani uDallas Fox sibikezela ukuthi i-inventory ye-QX50 izophela maphakathi noJuni futhi ngeke iphinde igcwaliswe kuze kube uJulayi. Uthe: "Kungenzeka ukuthi asibanga nesikhathi esimnandi kuleli hlobo."