The coronavirus emergency is disrupting Europe’s automotive industry, forcing plants to close or reduce production.
Here is an overview of how production is being affected in key auto-producing countries.
Italy
Fiat Chrysler is halting production through March 27 at its Italian plants.
Ferrari has closed its two plants in Italy until March 27, citing an emerging shortage of parts.
Lamborghini has closed its plant near Bologna until March 25.
Brakes maker Brembo is suspending production at its four Italian plants. Magneti Marelli suspended production for 3 days.
Spain
Ford has closed its plant in Valencia until Monday, March 23 after three employees tested positive for the coronavirus.
Seat’s plant near Barcelona could be stopped for up to six weeks due to production and logistics problems.
Renault’s plants in Palencia and Valladolid halted production for two days on Monday due to a lack of components.
Nissan’s two Barcelona plants stopped work on Friday after a wheels supplier was affected by a lockdown in the nearby town of Odena because of a coronavirus outbreak there. The stoppage would last at least until Monday, a company spokesman said.
France
Renault is working on different scenarios to adapt its factories to the absenteeism rates caused by the coronavirus epidemic, Reuters reported on Monday.
The scenarios include lower production rates, a reduction in the number of teams or greater use of temporary workers, a company spokeswoman said.
Renault’s French plants are continuing to operate with the exception of the Flins site, which was shut down due to a supply failure from a European supplier not related to the coronavirus.
PSA said its French plants are operating normally so far.
Germany
Opel has asked hundreds of administrative staff at its Ruesselsheim headquarters to work from home after a worker tested positive for coronavirus. Production at the Ruesselsheim headquarters has not been affected, a company spokesman told the German press.
Volkswagen sent home five workers at its Kassel components factory after an employee was tested positive for the virus.
Two employees at the automaker’s Wolfsburg factory are quarantined at home after they tested positive following private trips. They had not yet returned to work and were not in contact with colleagues, so no further action was necessary, VW told the German press.
Slovakia
Volkswagen Group is suspending production a plant in Bratislava. The factory builds the Porsche Cayenne, VW Touareg and Audi Q7 large SUVs, along with the VW Up, Skoda Citigo and Seat Mii minicars, and axles and floor platforms for the Bentley Bentayga.
PSA and Jaguar Land Rover said their plants in Slovakia were operating normally.
Czech Republic
Unions at Skoda’s and Hyundai’s Czech factories have called for a 14-day quarantine for employees, which would halt production for that time, news agency CTK reported on Monday.
Portugal
Volkswagen’s Autoeuropa plant near Lisbon has reduced its daily output by 16 percent because of a shortage of workers. Seven of Autoeuropa’s 5,536 workers have been placed in isolation because of exposure to the coronavirus.
Poland
Fiat has closed its Tychy plant until March 27.
Sweden
Volvo said its Swedish plants are not affected by the coronavirus at this point.
Serbia
Fiat has closed its Kragujevac plant until March 27.
Belgium
Volvo said its Ghent plant is not affected by the coronavirus at this point.
Nick Gibbs, Andrea Malan, Peter Sigal, Douglas A Bolduc and Reuters contributed to this report
