Car manufacturer Stellantis announced on Tuesday 29 September that it will halt production for between five and fifteen days in October at its plants in Sochaux, Rennes, Mulhouse and Poissy, citing industrial reasons.
In Sochaux, in eastern France, the historic Peugeot plant, which builds upmarket SUVs, is to shut down from 23 to 30 October. "This decision is linked to insufficient availability of certain batteries intended for the long-range versions of our electric vehicles", the company said in a statement.