Virus-hit Jaguar rushes car parts to UK in suitcases: reports

Indian-owned Jaguar Land Rover is rushing through deliveries of small car parts to Britain from China, where supply chains are hit by the deadly coronavirus, the Financial Times said Wednesday.

"We have flown parts in suitcases from China to the UK," said JLR chief executive Ralf Speth, quoted by the FT and other British media.

Speth said Jaguar Land Rover's British plants were "safe for this week" and next, but that there was "a risk for overall production" thereafter, owing to further parts being delayed.

Britain's biggest carmaker JLR, which is owned by Indian group Tata Motors, ordinarily transports the components by sea, which takes longer but is cheaper compared with transportation by air, the business daily added.

Foreign firms from various sectors are facing disrupted supply chains in China because of the deadly virus.

The death toll from the epidemic jumped past 2,000 on Wednesday after 136 more people died, with the number of new cases falling for a second straight day, according to China's National Health Commission.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China to 74,185.

bcp/rfj/spm

TATA MOTORS

Related Links
Car Technology at SpaceMart.com

Tweet

Thanks for being there;
We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain.

With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords.

Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year.

If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.

SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter
$5+ Billed Monthly

paypal only

SpaceDaily Contributor
$5 Billed Once

credit card or paypal

Beijing autoshow postponed due to coronavirus
Beijing (AFP) Feb 17, 2020
Organisers of China's biggest car show announced Monday the event was the latest to be postponed due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. More than 70,000 people have been infected by the epidemic, which started in central Hubei province and has spread across China. The outbreak has claimed 1,770 lives and prompted the closure of many schools, entertainment venues and large-scale events. The Beijing autoshow, which is held every two years, attracted 820,000 people in 2018 from 14 diffe ... read more