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With the expansion of the pneumonia epidemic infected by novel coronavirus, more and more automakers are further delaying their return to work. Japan's Honda said Sunday that its car manufacturing plant in Wuhan, Hubei province is expected to resume production after the 17th, Kyodo news agency reported.

Honda Vice President Seiji Kurashi said at a press conference in Tokyo on the 7th: "We will confirm the safety of employees, the supply of spare parts, and so on, so as to prepare for the resumption of work on the 17th."

Affected by the epidemic and the disruption of the supply chain, the phenomenon of production delays among automobile manufacturers is becoming more and more common. Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. said on the 7th that after considering the guidelines of local and regional governments on the epidemic, as well as the judgment made by local logistics and spare parts procurement, Toyota decided to extend the shutdown time of all Chinese plants. Toyota said that in the week after February 10, we will prepare for the resumption of normal operations after February 17.

Hyundai Motor Group also said Hyundai and Kia plan to postpone the resumption of work in China until production resumes on February 17. At the same time, South Korean factories were forced to stop production because of a shortage of parts.

To this end, Hyundai Motor takes corresponding measures for suppliers to resume production as soon as possible. Hyundai said it would provide services such as workshop disinfection, installation of thermal cameras, thermometers and cleaners for South Korean parts suppliers' wiring harness factories in China, and hopes to start work as soon as possible.

Japanese media said that in addition to places such as Wuhan, where the epidemic is serious, it is planned to resume normal economic activities from the 10th, and all kinds of enterprises begin to resume work, but there are also many uncertain factors, such as the operation of logistics and the return of employees who return to their hometown during the Spring Festival. For automobile manufacturers, due to the long industrial chain, it is more affected by spare parts suppliers, even if they can return to work, it is difficult to predict when to fully restore production capacity.

For Dongfeng Honda to delay the resumption of production time, will further affect vehicle delivery, including CR-V, Civic, XR-V and other hot-selling models. In recent years, Dongfeng Honda's market demand has exceeded its factory capacity.

According to the information, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. is a vehicle production and operation enterprise jointly established by Dongfeng Automobile Group Co., Ltd. and Honda Technology Research Industry Co., Ltd., Japan. The company was established on July 16, 2003. the registered capital is 560 million US dollars, the company has 12405 employees, there are three production plants, all located in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

The overall production capacity of Dongfeng Honda's three plants has increased to 632000 vehicles per year in 2019, compared with its annual sales of 789000 vehicles in 2019, up 13.2 per cent from a year earlier.

With the expansion of the impact of the epidemic, the shortage of auto parts has become a common phenomenon in the automobile manufacturing industry, and more and more automobile manufacturers will stop production due to supply chain problems.

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