German carmaker Volkswagen AG is considering closing European plants and relocating production outside the European Union (EU) if gas supply difficulties continue. The Bloomberg agency reported, citing Gen Wu, the head of the company’s public procurement department.
“As medium-term alternatives to EU assembly, we will focus on greater localization of production, redistribution of capacity, finding similar technical alternatives to the solutions used to overcome the effects of semiconductor shortages and other recent disruptions in the chain. of procurement, “he said.