Seoul
Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s largest automaker, suspended the domestic production of its flagship sport utility vehicle this weekend as a result of a supply disruption caused by the deadly virus outbreak in China.
The deadly virus that first appeared in the central Chi-nese city of Wuhan has resulted in 259 deaths and spread to more than two dozen other countries. Hyundai’s decision was made following factory closures in China that have led to shortages of supplies, including the com-plete electrical wiring system of a vehicle, the Korean automaker said. ‘We have cancelled overtime factory hours that had been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday to produce our Palisade vehicle,’ Jin Cha, a Hyundai spokesperson, told AFP on Saturday. The Palisade SUV was the only vehicle that had been scheduled for production this weekend, she added.-APP
