Porsche production hit by supply chain problems

Porsche is currently unable to deliver a number of cars due to a lack of components, including the matrix headlights found on the Macan and Panamera models.

Reimold said that in Leipzig, Germany, where the Panamera and Macan models are produced, several hundred vehicles on the factory floor cannot be completed because of the supply bottleneck with the headlights.

Reimold said the situation was still tense in the supply chain: “At the moment it is really very tense because we have to be constantly vigilant,” he said. “It is difficult to forecast when the situation will fundamentally improve.”

Reimold said the situation also applies to semiconductors, where there is currently no relief in sight, and he pointed to the need for strategic change.

“Thinking ahead, we need to standardize more in components to reduce complexity in supply chains,” the production boss said.

Meanwhile, many semiconductor executives are pointing the finger at automakers’ lack of understanding of how the chip supply chain works. In principle, the supply chain situation is “very challenging, but still manageable,” Reimold added.