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VW's Portugal plant reduces output by 16% due to coronavirus

VW builds models including the T-Roc in Portugal.
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March 16, 2020 11:26 AM

LISBON -- Volkswagen's Autoeuropa car assembly plant near Lisbon has reduced its daily output by 16 percent because of a shortage of workers after Portugal ordered all schools closed amid the coronavirus outbreak, the plant said on Monday.
 
The factory, which produced 254,600 cars last year, will make 744 units per day, down from its usual output of 890, the group said. Two shifts on Monday were canceled because of a lack of workers.

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