Manufacturing

European car plants reopen, with output well below capacity

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A VW Golf assembly line in Wolfsburg. VW Group says that all of its factories in Europe are open and are running at 60-90 percent capacity. (Reuters)
June 20, 2020 05:00 AM

Most European auto assembly plants have reopened after weeks or even months of inactivity under coronavirus lockdowns, but few are operating at anything close to full capacity, automakers and analysts say.

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