Hyundai’s factories in Ulsan, South Korea are operating at around 50-60% capacity due to a large-scale strike by truck drivers delivering auto parts to the factory and picking up finished cars. About author Automotive News Europe.
According to the publication, the Kia and Hyundai plants in Ulsan normally produce about 6,000 vehicles per day, including cars of the premium Genesis brand. In the face of a shortage of trucks, the company is forced to look for alternative delivery methods. In particular, Kia employees were seen driving new cars from the factory to the warehouses under their own power.
With data On Saturday, about 100 truckers gathered outside the main entrance of the Hyundai plant in Ulsan to protest the sharp rise in fuel prices and demand higher freight rates for their services. At the same time, some strikers threw stones and water bottles at passing cars.
Earlier it was known that the Russian Avtotor plant in the Kaliningrad region. received Stock of auto parts for automobile production in June and July.