PT Honda Prospect Motor (HPM) explained that all Honda car production sold in Indonesia uses semiconductor components. One of those affected by the chip crisis is the Honda Brio. In the company's official statement, suspension of production caused by shortage of spare parts, including a shortage of semiconductor supplies, due to the spread of Covid-19 in Southeast Asia and other factors.
Honda Motor Co has recently mentioned that, Their production in Japan only runs approx 0% from the original plan for the August to September period 2021. This is due to the chip crisis and delays in spare parts production due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a Hindustan Times report, Japanese automakers can only produce approx 70% of vehicles in October compared to the original plan.
With limited chip supply, Honda was forced to stop its factories in Suzuka and Sayama. The Japanese automotive company also plans to cut supplies of N-Box and Stepwgn. The result of the crisis, Honda predicts its global car sales in 2021 This will decrease until 150.000 units from the initial estimate to be 4,85 million units only. Another problem experienced by Honda is the long order queue of more than a year. Especially for Honda Vezel orders. A number of other cases of the N-One kei car were also delayed by more than six months.
Honda apparently has predicted that the impact caused by the scarcity of chips will continue until next month. Therefore, Honda is currently trying to minimize the impact of the chip crisis and spare parts supply in the company. They are also still exploring other impacts that will result from this problem.
Reduction 10 million units would make sales approx 74 million units only. This is equivalent to sales that took place in the year 2020 Then. At that time, car manufacturers were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. BCG assesses that chip supply will not be secure until the second half of the year 2022 future. This has been predicted by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). This chip crisis problem does not only hit Honda, but its toughest competitor, Toyota Motor Co also experienced something similar. Still from the same source, Toyota is reported to be closing its factory in October 2021.
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