German car production and sales slowed by global chip shortage

Fewer new cars are available than usual, said professor emeritus and head of the RCA Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, for whom this affects the various ways of promoting sales, which had become “almost redundant”.

At the end of April, thousands of workers in the German auto industry began working reduced hours due to the global semiconductor shortage, which is slowing assembly lines, AFP reported.

The automotive industry has been affected for several months by the semiconductor shortage which has also slowed production in the United States and Brazil.