The automotive industry will continue to suffer from a semiconductor shortage in 2023, an issue that affects Stellantis Vigo among many other automotive companies and will be talked about more next year. At a time when more chips are needed as more electric vehicles are used, Hassane El KhouryCEO of US chip maker Onsemi, made it clear that it has already sold all its silicon carbide (SiC) chips.advanced power semiconductors widely used in electric vehicles at least until the end of 2023 due to strong demand.
“There’s nothing we can do right now to change it in 2023,” he said, adding that they will increase capacity “every quarter, every month to meet demand.” pronounced the same Jochen HanebeckHe warned that he expects a “long-term shortage” from German auto chip maker Infineon, which paved the way for an event in Munich.
In this context, the German semiconductor manufacturer recently announced its largest single investment. 5,000 million euros to build a factory in Dresden to manufacture analog, mixed-signal and power semiconductors used in automobiles and other industries. El-Khoury said Onsemi is expanding in the Czech Republic, South Korea and the United States and forecasts a 30% capacity increase by 2023.
Stellantis and its influence
For their part, auto factories like Stellantis are waiting for the impact. Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, the fourth largest manufacturer on the planet by sales, assured that semiconductor restrictions will continue to impact the industry, capitalizing on his time at the 2022 Paris Motor Show just a few months ago, in October. confirm what “The problem will end at the end of 2023”. “Given the current rate of improvement, that’s what we predict. It depends heavily on market demand, but that’s our guess,” he said.