[Jackpot777]

Wednesday's temblors in northeastern Japan impact auto industry

MASAHISA YUZAWA and SHIZUKA TANABE,
Nikkei staff writers
March 19, 2022 03:45 JST

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor and Subaru are shutting down certain assembly lines in Japan after this week's powerful earthquakes in the northeast disrupted supply chains.

Toyota will halt 18 production lines at 11 of its domestic plants from this coming Monday through Wednesday in a move estimated to affect roughly 20,000 vehicles.

The list released Friday includes the Motomachi and Takaoka plants, two of the company's core factories in the city of Toyota in Aichi Prefecture.

Our Solterra orders will be a couple of days late.

 

[192]

I don't even want to imagine what natural or human disaster is next...

 

[StevenH]

I haven't heard the Solterra listed as one of the models affected, nor the Motomachi plant. So, that's encouraging.

 

[JayEM]

So long as they don't end up at the bottom of the ocean, like a certain batch of cars from Germany...

 

[bob E]

I haven't heard the Solterra listed as one of the models affected, nor the Motomachi plant. So, that's encouraging.

This article:

A Major Earthquake Shuts Down New Subaru Forester And Crosstrek Production | Torque News

Subaru suspends production at its Japan plant affecting the 2022 Forester and 2022 Crosstrek due to a major earthquake. See what it means for customers and new car shoppers this spring.

www.torquenews.com

mentions that the Solterra is also affected.

 

[bob E]

Looks like this will be a longer shut down than the three projected days. Japan is having power issues:

How Tokyo Narrowly Avoided a Power Crisis by Shutting Its Lights

Japan says it expects sufficient power supply for Tokyo after narrowly avoiding blackouts on Tuesday, as the worst power supply squeeze in more than a decade shows signs of easing.

www.bloomberg.com

"Japan narrowly avoided blackouts in Tokyo as officials warned consumers must continue to conserve electricity to manage the worst power supply squeeze in more than a decade."

Solterra 2024 anyone?