Automakers, suppliers struggle as Shanghai locks down for latest COVID outbreak

China's latest COVID-19 lockdown roiled auto production as two major suppliers joined Tesla in shutting plants to comply with measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. City authorities began locking down some western areas of Shanghai two days ahead of schedule, as new COVID-19 cases in China's most populous city jumped by a third despite stringent measures already in place to try to stop the virus spreading.