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Audi pauses e-tron production at Belgian plant

February 24, 2020

Audi halted output of its e-tron crossover to resolve production issues including battery-supply bottlenecks as it prepares to flank the model with a sportier variant, underscoring the struggles traditional automakers face to boost electric cars.

Manufacturing at Audi’s factory in Brussels stopped on Thursday and the plant will remain idle until Tuesday, a company spokeswoman said Monday by phone. Audi sold about 26,400 e-tron vehicles last year, she said, declining to comment on estimated deliveries this year. In the U.S., Audi sold 5,369 e-trons in 2019.

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