(Auto) War in Ukraine causes headaches at Renault and Volkswagen

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In addition to the shortage of chips, the war in Eastern Europe is now interfering with the production chain.

Some European plants operated by Volkswagen and Renault will suspend operations during certain days of March 2022, due to the breakdown of the production chain derived from the war between Ukraine and Russia. Specifically, the bottlenecks will force Volkswagen to halt production at its Zwickau and Dresden plants, both in Germany, for a few days due to shortages of Ukrainian-made parts, including electrical wiring harnesses.

For its part, Renault will halt operations at its Moscow plant as bottlenecks at the Russian border delay parts deliveries. Another of its factories, operated by the AvtoVaz company in Tolyatti (Russia), will stop production for a day due to the shortage of semiconductors. Renault produces models such as the Captur and Duster at the Moscow plant, and makes Lada models through its AvtoVaz company. Russia is Renault's second world market, with almost a 20% share of that market.

In total, German carmakers and their suppliers maintain some 49 production sites in Russia and the Ukraine, and the consequences for the companies and their employees are still not entirely clear.
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