BMW logo MOSCOW, Mar 16 shortages of parts imported from Ukraine, the Financial Times reported. «BMW and Volkswagen have been forced to shut down factories across Europe after a Russian invasion forced the closure of Ukrainian electrical installations,» the report said. According to Auto Analysis, cited by the newspaper, Ukraine, in particular, accounts for about a fifth of the supply of electrical cables.In Germany, feared the consequences of a sharp withdrawal from Russian oil and gas «The problem with cables is that they are fundamental. You can not start assembling even an incomplete car without them,» said Alexander Marian, managing director of the consulting company Alix Partners, whose words the newspaper quotes, specifying that harnesses are made to order, which complicates the issue of their manufacture at other factories. In addition, sources told the newspaper about serious logistical problems. “If you send a truck, you cannot say whether it will be in Poland in three hours, three days, and whether it will be sent back. We must check daily whether it is possible to send a car or two today,” the newspaper quoted the source as saying. Volkswagen Herbert Diess, quoted by the Financial Times, noted that the company is currently considering alternatives, which include changing equipment. At the same time, sources told the newspaper that some suppliers from Ukraine began to resume work. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» After that, foreign countries began to impose sanctions, and companies began to massively suspend their activities in the Russian Federation.
