The ripples of the auto industry’s chip shortage are still being felt, as evidenced by Honda. Bloomberg class=”link ” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/chip-shortage-lingers-as-honda-to-halt-output-in-japan-china” data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:reported;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>reported on Wednesday that the automaker will suspend production in Japan on January 5 and 6. (Honda didn’t specify the affected factories.) In addition, all three of the automaker’s Guangqi Honda Automobile plants in China will shut down from December 29 to January 2.
The halt is an outgrowth of a chip shortage stemming from a recent class=”link ” href=”https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/tech/netherlands-nexperia-us-china-tech-war-intl-hnk” data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:geopolitical proxy war;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>geopolitical proxy war in the Netherlands, of all places. In…
