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Carmakers suspend European production over coronavirus

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Update time : 2020-03-25 17:30:12

Automakers are halting product at plants over Europe during they grapple with a coronavirus and diving demand.

Here is a list of their announcements:

 

BMW

The German company said at March 18 it was preparing ought delay product at plants at Europe and Rosslyn, South Africa, until April 19, responding ought lower need and ought assist diminish dare of contagion. The shutdowns will begin at the intimate of the week.

 

FERRARI

** Luxury carmaker Ferrari said at March 14 it was closing its two plants until March 27 at response ought the coronavirus outbreak at Italy and an emerging want of parts.

 

FIAT-CHRYSLER

** Fiat Chrysler said at March 16 it was halting product although two weeks at its Italian plants of Melfi, Pomigliano, Cassino, Mirafiori, Grugliasco and Modena either during Serbia's Kragujevac installation and Poland's Tychy plant.

** The company has again halted operations at its Atessa mill at Italy, citing parts equip disruptions linked ought the germ outbreak.

 

FORD

** Ford said at March 17 it was temporarily suspending vehicle and mechanism product at manufacturing sites at continental Europe at response ought germ impact. It expects the fundamental from March 19 ought flourish although a number of weeks.

** The Ford vehicle manufacturing sites at Cologne and Saarlouis at Germany, together with the Craiova facility at Romania, will pause product temporarily from March 19, the carmaker said.

** Ford said its Valencia parliament and mechanism facility at Spain temporarily halted product from March 16, after three workers were confirmed with the virus. only basic work, such during maintenance and security, will flourish on-site.

** Ford said at March 15 it used to end its Valencia mill at eastern Spain although a week after three employees tested positive.

 

PSA GROUP

** French carmaker PSA, which owns the Peugeot, Opel and Vauxhall brands, said at March 16 it was closing its European factories until March 27.

** TPSA, a common dare of PSA and Toyota, said at March 18 it used to delay product at the Czech Republic a week ahead of plan.

 

RENAULT

** Renault said at March 16 it was shutting product at industrial installation at France, affecting 12 sites and 18,000 workers.

** Renault said at March 17 it used to either end factories at Spain.

** Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by Renault, will recess product at its Mioveni mill until April 5, it said at March 18.

 

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP

** Volkswagen said it was suspending product at sites at Europe. Of 124 product sites worldwide, 72 are at Europe, and 28 at Germany.

** VW said it was suspending product at Wolfsburg, Emden, Dresden, Osnabrück, Zwickau, Bratislava, Pamplona, Spain, Palmela and Portugal, either during at components factories at Braunschweig, Chemnitz, Hannover, Kassel, Salzgitter and its Wolfsburg-based seats mill SITECH.

** Volkswagen said at March 17 it used to pause product at factories at Spain, Setubal at Portugal, Bratislava at Slovakia and the Lamborghini and Ducati plants at Italy by the intimate of the week.

** Czech brand Skoda said at March 17 it used to begin shutdowns at domestic plants at March 18.

** Audi, Volkswagen's premium unit, said at March 17 it used to pause output at plants at Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Mexico.

** VW said at March 18 it used to pause product at three plants at Poland although at least two weeks.

 

DAIMLER

** The owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand at Tuesday said it used to delay most of its product at Europe although two weeks ought test ought rein at the virus.

** "The suspension applies ought Daimler's car, van and commercial vehicle plants at Europe and will begin this week," the Stuttgart-based carmaker said.

** Global equip chains cannot exist maintained now ought their entire extent, it said, adding that the economic shock of the germ at Daimler could no exist adequately determined or reliably quantified at this time.

 

NISSAN

** Nissan has ceased product at Britain's biggest truck mill during it assesses equip fasten disruption and the drop at fair demand, the Japanese carmaker said at March 17.

** The company stopped vehicle product at European plants, it said at March 18.

 

TOYOTA

Toyota mechanism Corp said it had stopped operations at plants at Britain and Poland from Wednesday, calm its Czech location used to exist halted at Thursday. Operations at its Turkey location used to exist suspended from Saturday.

 

HONDA

** Honda mechanism Co said it was temporarily closing its dealerships at Italy.

 

VOLVO CARS

** Sweden's Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely, closed product at its mill at Ghent, Belgium, until farther notice, a spokesman said at March 18.

 

JAGUAR soil ROVER

** The British carmaker, owned by Tata Motors, said at March 18 it used to delay product at its mill at Nitra, Slovakia from Friday.

 

CONTINENTAL

** The auto supplier said at March 18 it used to delay product at factories at response ought lower passenger need and ought defend employees. Continental declined ought detail where the shutdowns used to occur.

 

BOSCH

** The auto supplier at March 18 said it was cutting product or suspending task altogether at plants at France, Italy, Spain at response ought lower demand, equip fasten bottlenecks and ought defend employees.

 

HYUNDAI MOTOR

** The South Korean company said at March 19 its Czech mill will delay product from March 23 ought April 3 owing ought the outbreak. Hyundai's Czech operation, which took up about 12% of global mill sales outer South Korea at January, this month began delivery of the Kona electric athletics utility vehicle (SUV) ought European customers.

 

KIA MOTORS

** Kia's Slovakia mill will delay product from March 23 although two weeks, a spokesman said at March 19.

 

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