Volkswagen Group has postponed restarting production of VW and Skoda vehicles built by its highly profitable SAIC-VW Chinese joint venture by a further week.
The move is a precautionary measure taken to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus. The outbreak contributed to an 11 percent decline in VW Group vehicle sales in China last month.
SAIC-VW, the group’s Shanghai-based, southern China JV, is now scheduled to resume work at its assembly plants from Feb. 24.