translated from Spanish: Audi, Honda suspend operations in Mexico for coronavirus

Mexico.- Audi and Honda announced on Wednesday the temporary suspension of their operations in Mexico, one of the largest car producers in the world, for the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.” The current situation has created uncertainty regarding the proper supply of parts at Audi Group plants globally,” the German automaker said in a statement.
“Audi Mexico has experienced the lack of supplies for the construction of the Audi Q5 in San José Chiapa (central state of Puebla),” he added.

The firm said it will slow production at its plant in Mexico from March 23, as well as at its facilities in Germany, Belgium and Hungary.
In Mexico, it expects to resume operations on April 13. For its part, Honda said earlier that it will suspend operations for six days from March 23 at its Celaya plant in central Guanajuato.La measure also affects its facilities in the United States and Canada.” As the impact of the Covid-19 situation evolves, Honda will continue to assess the conditions and make adjustments if necessary,” the company said in a statement. Mexico is one of the world’s largest auto exporters thanks to facilities that have groups such as General Motors, Nissan, Fiat-Chrysler and Volkswagen, which have not commented on their plans in the face of the pandemic. So far, Mexico has 93 confirmed cases of coronavirus.



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