Employees make checks at an inspection line throughout a media tour of the Nio Inc. manufacturing facility in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020.
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BEIJING — Chinese electric car start-up Nio stated Friday it’s shutting a factory for 5 days due to the global shortage in semiconductors.
The manufacturing halt starting March 29 will scale back Nio’s first-quarter deliveries by at the least 500 automobiles, the company said.
That places anticipated deliveries for the primary three months of the yr at 19,500, versus the beforehand introduced forecast of 20,000 to 20,500.
Even with the discount, Nio is on observe for extra car deliveries to begin 2021 than rivals Xpeng and Li Auto.
Global automakers have introduced manufacturing halts due to a shortage in semiconductors. The extremely specialised provide chain for chips has suffered from the affect of the coronavirus pandemic and commerce tensions between China and the U.S. that started below the Trump administration.
