{"id":13694,"date":"2025-10-24T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T08:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/vw-state-that-production-secure-for-coming-week-despite-chip-dispute\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:32","slug":"vw-state-that-production-secure-for-coming-week-despite-chip-dispute","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/vw-state-that-production-secure-for-coming-week-despite-chip-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"VW state that production secure for coming week despite chip dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Volkswagen (VW) produce as normal at its German sites in the coming week as it works to shield its supply chains from a dispute over Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, but it warned on Friday some short-term effects on its network remained possible.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">A Chinese export ban on Nexperia&#8217;s chips has rattled supply chains in the automotive sector and other industries, prompting companies to look for alternatives amid questions over how long stockpiles can last.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Production at VW&#8217;s German sites is secure up to and including Thursday, October 30, according to a statement.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The following day is a public holiday in parts of Germany where its Wolfsburg and Zwickau plants are based.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">A source told<em>\u00a0Reuters<\/em>\u00a0on Thursday that production at the main plant in Wolfsburg would proceed as planned next week, but that there was uncertainty beyond that.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8220;At all other German production sites of the VW Group as well, operations for the coming week are secured as things stand today,&#8221; a VW Spokesperson said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The group includes luxury carmakers Porsche and Audi, as well as Skoda and Seat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8220;Short-term impacts on the production network of the VW\u00a0Group cannot generally be ruled out,&#8221; the Spokesperson said, adding that the company was examining alternative sourcing options and in contact with potential suppliers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13695,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-13694","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Volkswagen produce as normal at its German sites","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18697,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13694\/revisions\/18697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}