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Before the IAA in Munich: Daimler boss does not expect the chip crisis to ease significantly until 2023 

2021-09-05T17:51:21.982Z


The IAA Mobility auto show starts in Munich in the coming week. Daimler boss Källenius does not expect the chip crisis to ease significantly until 2023.


The IAA Mobility auto show starts in Munich in the coming week.

Daimler boss Källenius does not expect the chip crisis to ease significantly until 2023.

Munich - microchips are ubiquitous these days.

No computer, no car, no machine can do without semiconductors.

But chips are scarce than ever.

Because many car manufacturers canceled their orders for semiconductors at short notice in the corona pandemic *, the chip manufacturers turned around and produced for IT manufacturers or the providers of entertainment electronics.

Before the start of the IAA: Daimler does not expect the chip crisis to ease significantly until 2023

Daimler CEO Ola Källenius said before the start of the IAA * auto show in Munich that he expected some relaxation, but not yet an end to the semiconductor crisis.

The most recent corona lockdowns in Malaysia hit Mercedes-Benz in the current quarter, and "the situation is volatile," said Källenius.

He hopes it will get better in the fourth quarter.

But the demand for semiconductors will also be higher than the global production capacity next year.

This is a structural problem and has nothing to do with the pandemic.

He does not expect a significant relaxation until 2023, said the Daimler CEO.

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Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, presented the new Mercedes-Benz "EQE" before the start of the IAA.

© Sven Hoppe / dpa

Before the start of the IAA in Munich: BMW overtakes Mercedes in terms of sales

BMW * had overtaken Mercedes in terms of sales in the first half of the year and wants to sell three million cars by 2030, as does Audi.

Källenius said that profit was more important to him than volume.

Mercedes-Benz wants to sell cars with good technology and aesthetics at “premium prices” and not “chase around” and sell cars without good returns to car rental companies.

The luxury class segment offers Mercedes great growth potential.

When it comes to autonomous driving, too, Mercedes * is happy to leave the robotaxi to the volume manufacturers, says Källenius.

For Mercedes, the use in private cars is important.

With the electric EQS, Mercedes has a car on the market ahead of its major German competitors that can drive independently on the autobahn at speeds of up to 60 km / h.

The automotive industry wants to celebrate a new start with the IAA Mobility in Munich.

But climate activists called for resistance in advance - there should be massive protests.

Troubled days are ahead of Munich.

Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) announced the "largest police operation in 20 years".

(ph / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

List of rubric lists: © Sven Hoppe

Source: merkur

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