Toyota cuts output target by half a million more vehicles amid chip crunch


FILE PHOTO: The Toyota logo is seen at a booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday cut its annual production target by a half a million more vehicles as a chip shortage and COVID sick leave crimped output.

It will build 8.5 million vehicles in the year to March 31, down from a previously estimated 9 million, the world's biggest carmaker said, as it posted a 21% fall in operating profit for the three months to Dec 31.

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