TOKYO: Mitsubishi Motors Corp is cutting production by a combined 7,500 vehicles in Japan and Thailand in April due to difficulty in securing computer chips, officials said on Monday.
Mitsubishi Motors is the latest in a string of automakers affected by the global shortage in semiconductors since late last year.
The company, part of a tripartite alliance with Nissan Motor Co and France’s Renault SA, will reduce output at three plants — two in the central and western Japanese prefectures of Aichi and Okayama and one in Thailand.
Mitsubishi Motors plans to increase output if it can secure sufficient chip supplies and decide later what to do with production from May, the officials said.
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