BMW CEO expects chip supply to remain tight for another 6-12 months
"I expect that the general tightness of the supply chains will continue in the next 6 to 12 months," he said at the IAA Munich car show
BMW CEO Oliver Zipse visits the BMW vaccination centre as the German car manufacturer starts to provide coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccinations for staff, in Munich, Germany, June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
BMW expects supply chains to remain tight well into 2022, Chief Executive Oliver Zipse said on Monday, squashing hopes that a painful shortage of crucial semiconductors will end soon.
"I expect that the general tightness of the supply chains will continue in the next 6 to 12 months," he said at the IAA Munich car show.
Zipse, who like other car executives is battling lower production due to a lack of semiconductors, said he saw no issues in the long-term, adding that the automotive industry was an attractive client for chipmakers.
