On 1 October 2026 Škoda Auto announced that, because of problems at a supplier, it is cutting production and partly reducing the number of shifts.
Škoda Auto has cut production and partly reduced the number of shifts because of problems at a supplier. Employees whose shift was cancelled because of problems in the supply chain are, by agreement with the Kovo trade union, to be placed on downtime due to an obstacle on the employer's side. [1] The news server Seznam Zprávy reported that the problem concerns wiring harnesses from Kromberg & Schubert's plant in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, and that the cutbacks affect the Enyaq and Elroq models; Škoda Auto neither confirmed nor denied this information. [1] A newspaper reported that the cause is a shortage of cable components made in Ukraine, whose deliveries have been held up since Russian attacks on production plants there. [1] According to Boleslavský deník, the cutback affects the production of electric cars in Hall M13 in Mladá Boleslav, where night shifts were not worked at the turn of September and October 2026. [1] The carmaker announced this on 1 October 2026[1][2][3]. According to the Automotive Industry Association, Škoda Auto produced 648,393 passenger cars in its domestic plants from January to the end of August 2026, 6.2 percent more than in the same period of the previous year, of which 169,554 were electrified vehicles: 147,288 fully electric cars and 22,266 plug-in hybrids. [1]
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- — Škoda Auto curtailed production because of problems at a supplier and partly reduced the number of shifts. ČTK / České noviny Echo24