Honda Motor said it plans to cut production in Japan by up to 30 percent in August, compared to its original plan. from supply chain problems and logistics problems that still exist
The company said that two production lines at the factory in Suzuka. Western Japan will cut production by about 10 percent in July, and about 30 percent in the beginning of next month. compared to the original production plan while the assembly plant in Saitama Prefecture It aims to reduce production by about 10% in the beginning of next month as well. Honda did not disclose its monthly production targets.
In May, Honda has revised production plans once. and had stated will resume normal production in early June
Reuters reports that automakers are still affected by lockdowns to curb the spread of the coronavirus in China and the shortage of semiconductor chips that arose last year.
Toyota Motor Company said this week that Global production in Aug. will be around 700,000 units, down about 18% from the plan at the beginning of the year.
