Volkswagen delays ID.5 launch due to power cord congestion in Ukraine
BERLIN – Volkswagen will delay the launch its ID.5 tram The spokesman said Friday is from a month to the first week of May due to an interruption in the supply of harnesses from Ukraine.
The lack of supply means the automaker cannot produce enough stock for the show and show car to all of its sales partners, according to a letter sent authorized dealer seen by automotive publishing CarFirst news report.
“To ensure that all partners are treated equally, the cars that have reached the destination station have not yet been delivered,” the letter published by Car speak.
“In order to ensure that the vehicle is available nationwide to all dealers, we will redistribute a portion of the vehicles participating in the show.”
The ID.5 is being produced at Volkswagen’s Zwickau plant, where production has been temporarily halted due to Supply bottlenecks due to war in Ukraine but it’s by resume next week.
(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee, Jan Schwartz; Editing by Maria Sheahan)
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