Kaliningrad Avtotor plant has resumed the car production, but is experiencing difficulties with components. This was announced to the local TV channel "Kaskad" by the founder of the company, Vladimir Shcherbakov, according to whom, at present, the company produces mostly incomplete cars. As for production volumes, if earlier it averaged 900 cars per day, today it is about 200 cars. Avtotor is now also unable to produce cars of South Korean brands: although Korea has not imposed sanctions, it is afraid of American restrictions that apply to car components.
According to Mr. Shcherbakov, Avtotor currently has almost 10,000 kits, "which are without electronics, electronics have an American trace." At the same time, he expressed confidence that a solution to this problem would be found. Recall that Avtotor suspended work during the corporate vacation, which was from May 1 to May 22, but the company has not officially announced the resumption of production before. Avtotor is one of the largest manufacturers of foreign cars in Russia. In recent years, the plant has been assembling cars of Korean brands Kia and Hyundai, as well as German BMW, but the BMW concern announced the suspension of production of cars in Kaliningrad.
As the governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov previously reported, Avtotor has preliminary agreements on the assembly of cars at its facilities with manufacturers from countries that have not imposed sanctions against Russia. However, the head of the Kaliningrad region did not disclose the names of the companies with which negotiations are underway. According to him, the transition to new models may take from three to four months.
