VW is stopping orders for plug-in vehicles including the Tiguan eHybrid.
BERLIN -- Volkswagen will stop taking orders for numerous plug-in hybrid models because of microchip shortages and supply chain troubles relating to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Orders for the plug-in hybrid versions of VW's Golf, Tiguan, Passat, Arteon, and Touareg models will be halted until further notice and delivery of already placed orders may not happen this year, VW said on Tuesday.
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The move is intended to prevent delivery times from lengthening further, a VW spokesman told Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche.
Delivery times for some models are already eight to ten months, Automobilwoche said, citing company insiders.
VW joins Audi in imposing a freeze on plug-in orders due to production interruptions.
The news follows VW's decision to halt production in Russia and temporarily suspend production at several factories in Germany over the past two weeks.
The automaker's main plant in Wolfsburg will be idled from March 14 to March 18, VW said. Its Zwickau plant, which makes electric vehicles, will also stop producing until March 18.
Its Hanover and Dresden plants as well as two factories in Poland are also affected, the company said.
Ukraine and Russia are minor sales markets but delivery bottlenecks for components such as wire harnesses produced in Ukraine, as well as rising raw material prices, are hampering output for automakers across the continent.
