Jaguar Land Rover has been forced to shut down car production at one of its key factories for a week amid a global shortage of computer chips.
Assembly line workers will return to JLR’s Halewood factory on Merseyside on Monday after a week of producing no vehicles. The plant makes the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque models, although it has struggled with supply issues throughout the year.
Every big carmaker in the world has acknowledged the effects of the shortage of chips, also known as semiconductors, which are used in cars to control everything from batteries towindscreen wipers.
The French carmaker Renault on Friday said it would cut its output by 500,000 cars this year, double its previous forecasts. The Renault chief
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