Chip shortage hitting Korean carmakers

 

Chip shortage hitting Korean carmakers／晶片短缺衝擊南韓車商

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The continued automotive semiconductor shortage is hitting Korean carmakers, with General Motors Korea announcing plans to halve its vehicle production at its plant here.

隨著「韓國通用汽車」宣布旗下車廠減半其汽車產量的計畫，車用半導體持續短缺，正衝擊南韓車商。

GMK said Thursday it decided to halve production at its Bupyeong 2 plant for February. The plant has a daily production capacity of 480 vehicles ― the cut will lead it to monthly production of around 5,000.

韓國通用汽車週四決定其（仁川）「富平2廠」的產量減半。該廠每日產能480輛─此一減產將致使其每月產量為約5000輛。

Analysts say it is tough to say exactly how long the automotive chip shortage could last, while UBS investment bank said it was expecting the supply-demand mismatch will improve sometime in the third quarter.

分析師說，很難講車用晶片荒究竟可能會延續多久。瑞銀投資銀行則表示，其預計供需失衡的情況將在第三季某個時刻得到改善。

新聞辭典

automotive：形容詞，汽車（機動車輛）的、自動推進的。例句：My father was an automotive engineer.（我爸曾是汽車工程師。）

capacity：名詞，容積（量）、（生產）能力、才能、職位、身分。例句：All our factories are working at full capacity.（我們所有工廠都正全力生產。）

mismatch：名詞、動詞，不協調、錯配、不相稱。例句：The marriage is a mismatch.（這樁婚事門不當戶不對。）