BERLIN — A dearth of provide from the Ukraine of wire harnesses, a key element for automobile manufacturing, will result in manufacturing cuts at Volkswagen Group’s Audi division.
Manufacturing of A4 and A5 fashions at Audi’s house plant in Ingolstadt, Germany, can be suspended from March 7-11. In Neckarsulm, manufacturing of A6 and A7 fashions can be paused from March 7-18.
Additional output cuts are prone to observe, Audi stated in emailed feedback on Thursday.
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Automakers are struggling to acquire essential wire harnesses — used to arrange miles of cables inside automobiles — as suppliers in western Ukraine have been shuttered by the Russian invasion, forcing them to curtail manufacturing.
Audi’s sibling VW Group manufacturers Porsche and VW are lowering manufacturing in Germany as elements provides from Ukraine dry up.
BMW Group is halting manufacturing at crops in Munich and in Dingolfing, each Germany, subsequent week, in addition to output on the group’s Mini manufacturing unit in Oxford, England.
Mercedes-Benz expects to scale back manufacturing at a few of its European crops as provides of elements produced in Ukraine run brief.