March 17, 2022 – It seems the auto industry’s days of supply chain issues are certainly coming to a middle, as a resurgence of COVID-19 in China as well as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shuts down or limits production in factories around the globe.
It seems no automaker is safe from the disruptions. Ford, Tesla, BMW, Porsche and Volkswagen have all had to adjust production schedules around shortages.
VW was one of the first to be affected. In late February, the company announced that it was stopping production for four days at its factory in Zwickau, Germany, where the electric ID.4 crossover is built. VW announced a three-day halt at a factory in Dresden as well. By early March, a leaked internal memo from Porsche revealed that the carmaker had also been affected and that production of all Porsche models would be delayed as a consequence.