{"id":432150,"date":"2022-04-15T11:48:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T08:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/shanghai-lockdowns-threaten-china-auto-production\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T08:48:03","slug":"shanghai-lockdowns-threaten-china-auto-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shanghai-lockdowns-threaten-china-auto-production\/","title":{"rendered":"#Shanghai lockdowns threaten China auto production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2adfd3967ad\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2adfd3967ad\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shanghai-lockdowns-threaten-china-auto-production\/#%E2%80%9CShanghai_lockdowns_threaten_China_auto_production%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Shanghai lockdowns threaten China auto production&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CShanghai_lockdowns_threaten_China_auto_production%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Shanghai lockdowns threaten China auto production&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/chinese-electric-car-m.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/chinese-electric-car-m.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chinese electric car maker XPeng has warned it may have to halt production if Covid lockdowns continue.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/chinese-electric-car-m.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese electric car maker XPeng has warned it may have to halt production if Covid lockdowns continue\" title=\"Chinese electric car maker XPeng has warned it may have to halt production if Covid lockdowns continue.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Chinese electric car maker XPeng has warned it may have to halt production if Covid lockdowns continue.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chinese auto makers warned they may have to put the brakes on production if strict Covid-19 curbs in Shanghai persist, with a top Huawei executive also sounding the alarm Friday about snarled supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The restrictions have kept Shanghai&#8217;s 25 million residents mostly at home for weeks, forcing manufacturers to halt operations and making China&#8217;s GDP growth target of around 5.5 percent look increasingly difficult to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Covid outbreaks across the country and the associated reductions in economic activity have already hit the auto industry hard, with car sales dropping 10.5 percent in March.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If supply chain companies in Shanghai and its surrounding areas cannot find a way to dynamically resume work and production, all original equipment manufacturers may have to stop production in May,&#8221; XPeng chief He Xiaopeng said Thursday on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>XPeng has been touted as a Chinese challenger to US electric car giant Tesla, and its chief said that businesses were hoping for more support from the authorities to navigate the Covid closures.<\/p>\n<p>A top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei\u2014which has started to work with domestic auto manufacturers in the intelligent vehicle sector\u2014echoed the comments on Friday and warned the clock was ticking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Shanghai continues being unable to resume work and production, from May, all tech and industrial players involving the Shanghai supply chain will completely shut down, especially the auto industry!&#8221; Richard Yu, head of Huawei&#8217;s consumer and auto segment, said on the social media platform WeChat.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei sold its first 3,000 electric vehicles with the company&#8217;s HarmonyOS operating system in March.<\/p>\n<p>The group has been working with automakers to provide intelligent auto components, but does not make cars on its own.<\/p>\n<p>The Covid curbs have affected global brands as well, with Volkswagen saying it has been &#8220;severely hit by Covid-19 outbreaks in Changchun and Shanghai&#8221;, where the German titan&#8217;s Chinese joint ventures are located.<\/p>\n<p>The firm is &#8220;temporarily unable to meet high customer demand&#8221;, said Volkswagen Group China CEO Stephan Wollenstein on Thursday, adding that he hoped the production delays could be made up in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s zero-Covid policy has been increasingly strained as the country battles its highest number of infections since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen said around 20 percent of its dealers were forced to temporarily close in March alone as a result of lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s multi-billion-dollar &#8220;gigafactory&#8221; 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