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Semiconductor scarcity will be more severe during the second half of the year, VW said, also highlighting risks from volatile commodity prices .\n“We have successfully contained the impacts of the semiconductor bottlenecks to date, although we anticipate somewhat more pronounced effects in the third quarter,” Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz said in a statement.\nVW is joining peers includingDaimler AGandStellantis NVwith robust results, bucking chip issues that have stymied manufacturing worldwide along with lingering restrictions related to the pandemic. 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