Škoda Auto cuts production due to supplier problems

Škoda Auto is reducing production at its Mladá Boleslav plant due to problems at one of its component suppliers. The company said in a statement that it was partially reducing the number of shifts at the affected facilities depending on the availability of parts for individual models.

Škoda Auto did not specify which supplier or components were involved, or which facilities and models were affected.

According to the Automotive Industry Association, Škoda Auto produced 648,393 passenger cars at its Czech plants between January and the end of August, an increase of 6.2 percent year-on-year. Production of electrified vehicles rose by 24.7 percent to 169,554 cars. Of these, 147,288 were fully electric vehicles and 22,266 were plug-in hybrids.