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Amber, a car parts maker, told workers at its Shanghai plant to be quarantined at home, which supplies Tesla and SAIC GM, Reuters reported. In response, a spokesman for Ambofo said that the company is implementing government epidemic prevention measures, customers' production will not be affected.

From 0 to 24:00 on March 29, 2022, there were 326 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5656 cases of asymptomatic infection in Shanghai, according to the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission. According to administrative division, there are 169 cases in Pudong New area, 34 cases in Xuhui District, 33 cases in Baoshan District, 29 cases in Minhang District, 15 cases in Songjiang District, 9 cases in Jiading District, 8 cases in Jing'an District, 7 cases in Hongkou District, 6 cases in Huangpu District, 6 cases in Putuo District, 3 cases in Changning District, 3 cases in Yangpu District, 2 cases in Jinshan District, 1 case in Fengxian District and 1 case in Chongming District.

Since 5: 00 on March 28, nucleic acid screening has been carried out in batches in Shanghai with Huangpu River as the boundary. In the first batch, Pudong, Punan and its adjacent areas (including the whole Pudong New area, Fengxian District, Jinshan District, Chongming District, Pujin Street, Pujiang Town, Minhang District, Xinbang Town, Shihudang Town, Xie Xie Town, Songjiang District) were blocked and controlled first, and nucleic acid screening was carried out.

It is understood that Amboft is the largest supplier of automobile wiring harness in China, and it has several production bases in Jiading District, Shanghai. It is an important wire harness supplier for vehicle manufacturers such as Tesla, SAIC General Motors, SAIC Volkswagen, FAW Volkswagen, SAIC, FAW, Ford, Toyota and so on.

The automobile wire harness is highly dependent on the automobile industry, and most brand car factories have a relatively mature and stable automobile supporting system, especially the international automobile companies represented by German, American and Japanese carry out strict assessment and evaluation of parts suppliers. its high standard requirements for spare parts for a long time make the combination of automobile wire harness suppliers and automobile enterprises relatively stable. At present, the global car harness market is mainly dominated by Japan's Yazaki, Sumitomo Electric, Fujikura, South Korea's Yuro, Jingxin, and European and American wire harness manufacturers such as Lenny, Ambofo, Kolenberg Schubert, Dexmere, Lear and so on. In the Chinese market, Ambofo is the largest supplier of car wiring harness, and it is not clear how far Ambofo will stop production and when it will resume production.

The automobile wire harness is the network main body of the automobile circuit, without the wire harness, there will be no automobile circuit. At present, there are wire harness in every part of the car, which is the main body of the automobile circuit network, which not only ensures the transmission of electronic signals, but also ensures the reliability of the connecting circuit. With the increase of automobile functions and the wide application of electronic control technology, in addition to body harness, engine harness and chassis harness, in addition to HVAC harness, sensor harness, door harness, lighting harness, camera harness, seat harness and skylight harness, there will be more electrical components.

Tesla, affected by Shanghai's epidemic prevention policy, Tesla suspended production activities at the Shanghai factory from March 28, which will last for four days. He is the only local car company in Shanghai that has publicly reported a suspension of production. In addition, although the Pudong area of Shanghai has been closed, GM's joint venture in Shanghai is strictly implementing the epidemic prevention policy and adopting closed-loop management to ensure production, according to Reuters. At the same time, Reuters pointed out that Volkswagen Group said its business in Shanghai Anting has not been affected by closed management, and the group is assessing the development of the epidemic on a daily basis. According to Shanghai's epidemic prevention requirements, the Puxi area of Shanghai will be closed from April 1.

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