Original title: South Korean car chip inventory may only have two weeks left. Hyundai and Kia hot cars are forced to "reduce distribution and reduce prices" Source: fast Technology
Recently, the global automobile industry is "absent". Due to the influence of the supply chain, the chip production cycle is long. At present, the global automobile companies are inevitably affected by the "lack of core", and there is no sign of relief in a short period of time. A few days ago, according to the CCTV financial report, the situation of lack of core in South Korea is even more serious. In South Korea, due to supply outages and production disruptions, some car companies have recently launched simplified models with reduced configurations and lower prices in order to maintain production.
Hyundai, which accounts for 70% to 80% of South Korea's domestic market share,And Kia currently have only two to six weeks of chip inventory left. It means that Hyundai and Kia will have to face an embarrassing shutdown once the chips are used up.
It is worth mentioning that although South Korea is a major producer of memory chips such as smartphones and computers, car chips account for only 2.3% of the global market, and about 98% rely on imports. The crisis is forcing South Korea to accelerate the self-sufficiency of car chips.
To this end, recently, Korea Chip Design Company and Samsung ElectronicsThe joint launch of the first local automotive microcontroller chip is expected to be used in Hyundai's production supply chain.
In addition, because of the lack of cores, Hyundai and Kia will produce some "reduced" vehicles and will no longer provide some functional configurations for vehicles, so as to reduce their dependence on automotive chips. In addition, the market price of these "reduced" vehicles will also be reduced.