Volkswagen is the most recent automaker whose US manufacturing has been damage by the winter storm hitting a lot of the central United States.

VW mentioned its sole US plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, would have a partial non permanent shutdown resulting from a disruption in its provide chain. Auto vegetation sometimes function on a “simply in time” foundation, requiring every day deliveries of lots of the components used to construct automobiles.

The storm had already precipitated widespread shutdowns throughout the nation’s auto business with Normal Motors, Ford, Stellantis, Toyota and Nissan all confirming vegetation had been briefly shut Tuesday. The shutdown at Ford’s Kansas Metropolis plant that makes its best-selling F-150 pickup and Transit business van was attributable to a scarcity of pure gasoline attributable to the storm. It is because of be closed all week.

The business is already struggling to take care of manufacturing resulting from a scarcity of laptop chips used to construct automobiles.

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