Toyota Motor Corporation is suspending operations at more than half its assembly across Japan, and is studying potential disruption to overseas production because of supply chain interruptions triggered by a large earthquake that rattled the country last week.
Starting today, Toyota is halting production for three days starting next week on 18 lines at 11 factories in Japan, out of a total of 28 lines in 14 factories operated Japan-wide. In effect, they will lose about 20,000 vehicles of output from the quake-related shutdowns.
The latest suspensions will reduce output of Toyota models including the RAV4 and Land Cruiser which is
already in very short supply
. Also impacted are the Lexus LS and IS sedans, RC and LC coupes, and NX crossover.
Toyota’s shutdown comes just a few days after it
cut output from April to June
in the face of growing supply chain uncertainty and the lingering impact of the global semiconductor shortage and COVID-19 pandemic.
Toyota slashed global output in April by 17 percent to 750,000 units. That outlook did not account for potential disruption from the earthquake or the war in Ukraine.
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