Reported on April 28, 2022, Honda Automobile Thailand announced temporary suspension of its operations at both car factories in Ayudthaya and Prachin Buri.
According to Honda, the carmaker has been facing auto parts shortage issue, including a lack of semiconductors, since 2021. Also, its operations have been hit by

Reported on January 12, 2022, the ongoing semiconductor crisis has made many Honda cars in Indonesia experienced production bottlenecks. As a result, customers’ waiting time for the vehicles have been extended, especially those models equipped with many advanced technologies.
According to PT. Honda Prospect Motor (HP

Reported on January 11, 2022, Malaysia Proton’s production of X70 SUV has been resumed after being halted due to the recent floods. Despite that Proton itself was not directly affected, some of its vendors were, causing a disruption in component supply and production schedules.
The X70 began rolling down the assembl

Reported on October 17, 2021, Honda Indonesia’s production in August and September was disrupted by chip shortage which prevented PT Honda Prospect Motor (HPM) to keep up with consumer needs. However, Honda is now starting to gradually increase its production and accelerate car deliveries to its dealers throughout In

Announced on September 8, 2021, Malaysia Proton managed to achieve total sales of 5,354 units in June-August 2021 period, comprising of online registrations and exports. Limited production was undertaken at its plant in Tanjung Malim after Perak was declared a Phase 2 state on July 5, but this was for a limited time

Reported on September 4, 2021, Thailand government plans to adopt a proactive approach to curbing the spread of coronavirus in the manufacturing sector as new infections surge continuously, with over 60,000 workers in 881 factories affected over the past 4 months.
The Industry Ministry called a meeting for September

Reported on September 7, 2021, Bermaz Motor is among carmakers in Malaysia being hit by the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage. The official distributor of Mazda vehicles in Malaysia recently unveiled that it expects deliveries of certain vehicles to be delayed.
According to a spokesperson of Bermaz Motor, its CBU (

Reported on September 3, 2021, Honda Malaysia (HMSB) has announced that its manufacturing plant in Melaka has resumed operations and that its dealerships are reopening in accordance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines set under the different phases of the national recovery plan (NRP) in diffe

On September 3, 2021, Malaysia Perodua president and CEO announced the downward revision of its 2021 sales target to 214,000 units from the 240,000 units announced at the beginning of the year, following suspension in its sales and production as a result of extended lockdown measures. Perodua stated that based on the

Reported on August 30, 2021, the ongoing semiconductor and other auto part shortage as well as the new wave of coronavirus continue to hit Thailand automotive production continuously. AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT), a joint venture production facility of Ford and Mazda, has announced temporary production suspension from

Reported on August 27, 2021, the global demand for Malaysian-made semiconductors continue to exceed supply, an issue worsened by the nationwide shutdown that forced non-essential industries to completely shutter. This came at a time when automakers, smartphone and medical equipment manufacturers were beginning to ram

Reported on August 25, 2021, the gradual reopening of the manufacturing sector in Malaysia under the different phases of the national recovery plan (NRP) has seen the resumption of vehicle production operations in certain states, though local output has otherwise largely remained idle in July.
Among those allowed to

Reported on August 19, 2021, official Toyota and Lexus distributor UMW Toyota Motor has announced that it has resumed its sales, servicing and manufacturing operations since August 16, in line with the government’s easing of restrictions on the automotive industry. The resumption of manufacturing activities, on the o

Bosch China, a subsidiary of Robert Bosch, revealed that the company’s overseas semiconductor supplier’s plant located in Malaysia, specifically in Muar, Johor, has shut down some of its production lines until August 21. In fact, the plant had been closed for weeks previously, following the stricter National Recovery