{"id":12603,"date":"2022-08-18T15:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/chinas-heatwave-closes-factories-that-supply-parts-to-tesla-intel-and-toyota\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:19:40","slug":"chinas-heatwave-closes-factories-that-supply-parts-to-tesla-intel-and-toyota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/chinas-heatwave-closes-factories-that-supply-parts-to-tesla-intel-and-toyota\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s heatwave closes factories that supply parts to Tesla, Intel, and Toyota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/17\/23310205\/china-sichuan-heatwave-intel-tesla-apple-foxconn-toyota-electric-cars-catl\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/17\/23310205\/china-sichuan-heatwave-intel-tesla-apple-foxconn-toyota-electric-cars-catl<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"71.814519513219\">\n<p id=\"iO91aD\">The world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-05-02\/catl-retains-top-position-as-world-s-biggest-ev-battery-maker\">biggest electric vehicle battery maker<\/a>, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), and Intel are among the major companies shutting down their factories for six days in China\u2019s Sichuan province because of a heatwave-related power shortage in the area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/16\/economy\/sichuan-factories-power-crunch-china-heat-wave-intl-hnk\/index.html\">according to CNN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-08-17\/toyota-and-catl-shut-plants-in-sichuan-as-power-crisis-worsens#xj4y7vzkg\">and <em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ncHsTl\">The move affects factories belonging to companies like Tesla\u2019s battery supplier CATL, Apple\u2019s supplier Foxconn Technology, Toyota, Texas Instruments, Volkswagen, Onsemi, and more.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tR034s\">China ordered all Sichuan factories to pause operations until August 20th to alleviate the pressure placed on the power grid after China\u2019s worst heatwave in 60 years resulted in increased air conditioning usage. According to CNN, temperatures spiked to 104 degrees Fahrenheit in several cities (40 degrees Celsius).<\/p>\n<aside id=\"9IT1DC\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"IFleXY\">Authorities say they\u2019re trying to conserve power for residences in the region as officials warned Sichuan is facing the \u201cmost severe and extreme moment\u201d in power supply, Chinese state news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinanews.com.cn\/cj\/2022\/08-15\/9827973.shtml\"><em>Sichuan Daily<\/em> reports<\/a>. That\u2019s likely because the region is reliant on hydropower, making it particularly vulnerable to the heatwave and drought that\u2019s also drying up hydro dam reservoirs. <\/p>\n<p id=\"dd4tPz\">As noted by CNN, Sichuan is an important area for semiconductor and solar panel industries. Manufacturers flock to the mineral resource rich region for raw materials used in the solar photovoltaic and electronics industries, like polysilicon \u2014 a key solar panel ingredient. The province is also a critical mining hub for lithium, which is used to produce electric car and smartphone batteries.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SsQpbV\">Some analysts believe the temporary shutdown could increase the price of both polysilicon and lithium as supply goes down. As of August 17th, just two days after the shutdown, industry officials confirmed to <em>Bloomberg <\/em>the price of polysilicon had indeed gone up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9PVCJ8\">However, some companies don\u2019t anticipate too much disruption. According to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>, Foxconn \u2014 which makes Apple\u2019s iPads in the region \u2014 said the drought hasn\u2019t impacted them much yet. Volkswagen, meanwhile, reportedly remarked on Monday it wasn\u2019t expecting long delivery delays. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"5fpRyV\">\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/17\/23310205\/china-sichuan-heatwave-intel-tesla-apple-foxconn-toyota-electric-cars-catl\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/17\/23310205\/china-sichuan-heatwave-intel-tesla-apple-foxconn-toyota-electric-cars-catl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The world\u2019s biggest electric vehicle battery maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), and Intel are among the major companies shutting down their factories for six days in China\u2019s Sichuan province because of a heatwave-related power shortage in the area, according to CNN and Bloomberg. The move affects factories belonging to companies like Tesla\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-12603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple","category-technology","tag-apple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China\u2019s heatwave closes factories that supply parts to Tesla, Intel, and Toyota - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/chinas-heatwave-closes-factories-that-supply-parts-to-tesla-intel-and-toyota\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China\u2019s heatwave closes factories that supply parts to Tesla, Intel, and Toyota - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: The world\u2019s biggest electric vehicle battery maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. 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