The production of the Peugeot 308 at a stop

The shortage of semiconductors affects most of the car manufacturers harshly.Starting with the Stellantis group, both impacted in North America and in Europe.The production of the Peugeot 308, in particular, is stopped for a few days.

The tension on the offer of semiconductors is like that which has existed on maritime transport for years: too much demand, not enough offer.And this has accentuated during the pandemic for the case of these electronic chips essential to thousands of objects of our daily life, and in particular cars.

Stellantis is particularly affected.The group's American factories, which notably produce the pick-up RAM, have been temporarily stopped, and it is today Sochaux turn to stop production for a few days, for lack of semi supply-Conductors, especially parts to produce digital instrumentation.

Today, tomorrow and Friday, the production of the Peugeot 308 is suspended in Sochaux, which, according to the unions, would represent a loss of 2,000 vehicles.Another consequence of the shortage: some employees could see their salary decrease due to the quota of hours not worked more and more.The company agreement provides for wages up to 84 hours, but some employees are about to exceed this limit.