BMW has lost two shifts of production thanks to damage to rail lines connecting its Dingolfing plant in Germany
The carmaker said damage caused last Thursday (July 14) to overhead lines caused a full closure of the train line. As a consequence, BMW was not able to move the vehicles out of the factory and it quickly reached capacity for storage. The carmaker was then forced to shut production for both shifts on Monday (July 18), affecting the production of 1,600 vehicles.
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