German Carmakers Fear Output Snags From Virus Border Checks
- Restrictions at Czech-German frontier could cause outages
- BMW, Volkswagen operate plants near Czech-German border
A police officer of checks papers at the German-Czech border near Breitenau, Germany, on Feb. 14.
Photographer: Jens Schlueter/AFP/Getty Images
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Travel restrictions at Germany’s border with the Czech Republic risk severing automotive supply lines that could spark a wave of production stoppages, according to Germany’s VDA automaker association.
From Sunday, only German citizens and residents in the country are allowed to enter Germany from the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol region, two zones where more infectious variants of coronavirus are widespread.