Chip Shortage Prompts Production Halt at Volvo Cars in Gothenburg

Chip Shortage Prompts Production Halt at Volvo Cars in Gothenburg
Inside view of a Volvo Cars factory in Torslanda, Gothenburg, Sweden, on April 17, 2020. Adam Ihse/TT News Agency/via Reuters/File photo
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STOCKHOLM—Volvo Cars, owned by China’s Geely Holding, will temporarily stop production at its Swedish plant in Gothenburg due to the shortage of semiconductor chips, it said on Wednesday.

A global chip shortage has hit manufacturing, with automakers cutting down on production and electronic device makers struggling to keep up with a pandemic-led surge in demand for phones, TVs, and gaming consoles.