June 2 (SeeNews) - Czech car manufacturer Skoda Auto said that it has secured additional production capacities in Morocco and Romania in order to safeguard against supply bottlenecks and disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine.
Starting end-June, high-voltage cable harnesses required to charge electric vehicles used by Skoda Auto will be manufactured in Romania, the company said in a press release on Wednesday.
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Skoda Auto has partially relocated cable harness production from Ukraine to the Czech Republic in order to safeguard itself against potential supply bottlenecks and disruptions to the supply chain in the future. The arrangements will allow for current production volumes to be doubled if necessary, the company noted.
"At Skoda Auto we have been working very closely with our partners over the past few weeks to minimise the impact of the war in Ukraine on the supply of cable harnesses. With great dedication, we managed to resume production in Ukraine within a short period and also significantly increase manufacturing capacities," Skoda Auto board member Karsten Schnake said.
Because of the war-related supply bottlenecks, Skoda was forced to suspend production of the all-electric ENYAQ iV for eight weeks from March 3 due to a shortage of cable harnesses. With a view to restarting production as quickly as possible, the carmaker and its suppliers quickly began looking into duplicating the production of cable harnesses at other manufacturing plants in Europe and North Africa.