[Understanding Cars, Daily Car News] Let’s take stock of some major events that happened in the automotive industry on June 26, 2022.

[Understanding Cars, Daily Car News] Let’s take stock of some major events that happened in the automotive industry on June 26, 2022.

Automotive Incident 1: Stellantis Melfi plant will once again be shut down due to lack of cores

The UILM union announced on June 23 that due to a structural shortage of semiconductor supply, the car manufacturer Stellantis will suspend operations from the evening of June 28 to July 2 During the period, it suspended operations at its key Melfi plant in southern Italy.

A spokesperson for Stellantis confirmed the news and said the company has been making adjustments to its operations on a day-by-day, factory-by-factory basis since the pandemic began. The spokesperson also said: "We do not expect that the chip supply situation will return to stability before the end of 2022."

Automotive Incident 2: Toyota : Some parts suppliers are being asked to reduce prices

We learned from foreign media that in view of Toyota expects production to resume soon, and the company is asking some parts suppliers to cut prices in the third quarter. Toyota works with suppliers to control costs and asks them to share some of the savings in the form of price cuts - typically around 1% per year, depending on the progress of other measures, etc.

Toyota usually conducts price negotiations with suppliers twice a year, the first starting in April and the second starting in October. But this spring, Toyota did not ask suppliers to cut prices. Since about last fall, Toyota has repeatedly cut production plans, forcing suppliers to make adjustments and face heavy labor and material cost burdens.

Car incident three: Einride self-driving trucks approved for public roads

According to foreign media reports, the electric self-driving freight company Einride has received approval from the U.S. Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) to operate its self-driving cars on public roads in the United States. Electric Transport (AET) Trucks. The company will set up a pilot project where these trucks, called Pods, will be operated by Remote Pod Operators.

Einride is a freight technology company founded in Sweden in 2016 that develops electrified commercial Class 8 trucks and trailers, some of which have autonomous driving capabilities. Its Pod model is a pure electric driverless truck with no driver's seat inside the vehicle. The vehicle began testing on Swedish roads in 2019. In November last year, Einride announced its entry into the U.S. market and announced plans to establish a new headquarters in New York.

Car Incident 4: Tesla China will lay off 10% of its staff

Recently, people familiar with the matter said that Tesla China will start a layoff plan of about 10%. This is part of Tesla’s global layoff plan. At the same time, there have been Tesla employees said on social media that they have been laid off, including delivery and sales positions, and the compensation package may be "N+3". Relevant media confirmed that Tesla insiders said that the layoffs were targeted at office employees, not factory manufacturing employees.

According to media reports, Tesla China has also canceled three online recruitment activities originally planned to be held on June 16, 20 and 30. The reason for the cancellation has not been explained. The three recruitment activities involved sales, R&D, and supply chain. Waiting for positions.

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