UCarlos Tavares, umPutukezi ophethe iStellantis, ukholelwa ukuthi ukushoda kwama-semiconductors obekulokhu kuthinta abakhiqizi nokukhawulela ukukhiqizwa kwezimoto ezinyangeni ezedlule kuzodonsa kuze kube ngu-2022.
Ukushoda kwama-semiconductors kuholele ekwehleni kokukhiqizwa e-Stellantis cishe kwamayunithi ayi-190,000 engxenyeni yokuqala, okungazange kuvimbele inkampani ewumphumela wokuhlangana kwe-Groupe PSA ne-FCA ekuboniseni imiphumela emihle.
Ekungenelela emcimbini we-Automotive Press Association, eDetroit (USA), nocashunwe yi-Automotive News, umqondisi omkhulu wakwaStellantis ubengenalo ithemba ngekusasa eliseduze.
UCarlos Tavares, uMqondisi Omkhulu wakwaStellantisInkinga ye-semiconductor, kusukela kukho konke engikubonayo nokungaqiniseki ukuthi ngiyakwazi ukukubona konke, kuzodonsela ku-2022 kalula ngoba angiboni izimpawu ezanele zokuthi ukukhiqizwa okwengeziwe okuvela kubahlinzeki base-Asia kuzofika eNtshonalanga esikhathini esizayo esiseduze.
Lesi sitatimende sesikhulu sasePutukezi siza ngemuva kokungenelela okufanayo kukaDaimler, oveze ukuthi ukushoda kwama-chips kuzothinta ukuthengiswa kwezimoto engxenyeni yesibili ka-2021 futhi kuzodlulela ku-2022.
Abanye abakhiqizi bakwazile ukubhekana nokushoda kwama-chip ngokukhumula izimoto zabo zingasebenzi, kanti abanye - njengeFord, enama-F-150 pick-ups - bakhe izimoto ngaphandle kwama-chips adingekayo futhi manje bazigcina zipakiwe kuze kuqedwe ukuhlanganisa.
UCarlos Tavares uphinde waveza ukuthi iStellantis yenza izinqumo mayelana nendlela yokushintsha izinhlobonhlobo zama-chips ahlose ukuwasebenzisa futhi wengeza ngokuthi "kuthatha cishe izinyanga ezingu-18 ukuklama kabusha imoto ukuze isebenzise i-chip ehlukile" ngenxa yobuchwephesha bobuchwepheshe obuhilelekile.
Okubalulekile kumamodeli anamamajini aphezulu
Nakuba lesi simo sikhona, u-Tavares ukuqinisekisile ukuthi i-Stellantis izoqhubeka nokubeka kuqala amamodeli anenzuzo ephezulu yokuthola ama-chips akhona.
Enkulumweni efanayo, uTavares uphinde wakhuluma ngekusasa leqembu futhi wathi iStellantis inamandla okukhulisa utshalomali ekufakeni ugesi ngaphezu kwama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30 ehlela ukuyisebenzisa ngo-2025.
Ngaphezu kwalokhu, uCarlos Tavares uphinde waqinisekisa ukuthi iStellantis ingase ikhulise inani lezimboni zebhethri ngaphezu kwama-gigafactories amahlanu asevele ahleliwe: amathathu eYurophu namabili eNyakatho Melika (okungenani eyodwa izoba se-US).