The Volkswagen auto concern has forced to suspend the production of cars at several factories in Germany due to the cessation of supplies of components from Ukraine after the start of Russian military aggression.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the automaker has created a working group whose task is to assess the risks and find ways to ensure the uninterrupted production of cars.
The largest Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg is operating normally this week, however, according to the concern’s forecasts, car production will have to be reduced next week, and production will be completely stopped in another week.
Supply disruptions will also affect the work of the Hannover truck plant and enterprises that produce auto parts.
Earlier, Volkswagen had to suspend the work of enterprises in Dresden, as well as in Zwickau, where electric vehicles are produced, in particular, the ID.4 model exported to the United States.
The primary registrations of imported used cars in Ukraine in January-June 2019 totaled 250,100, which is almost six times more than a year ago, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.
The Volkswagen brand remains the leader of registrations in the first six months of 2019 (48,793), Opel is in the second position (24,414), Audi is third (19,072), Renault is fourth (18,822), and Skoda is fifth (17,766.).
According to the association, in June, the Ukrainians registered 19,200 imported used cars, which was the lowest since the beginning of the year, but compared to June last year, registration increased 2.2-fold.
Cars aged from 5 to 10 accounted for the largest share in the registrations of used imported cars – 46%. Cars older than 10 years covered 35% of the June market, the remaining 19% were cars under the age of five years.
The most popular Volkswagen brand registered 2,960 vehicles last month, followed by Skoda (1,742), Renault (1,588), Ford (1,393) and Opel (1,321).
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