It would be a massive understatement to say that COVID-19 threw a wrench in all sorts of plans in the past year, creating a lot of uncertainty around the supply chain. It also raised a lot of questions about how the pandemic would affect vehicle manufacturers’ rollout of their latest equipment. We checked in with many of those to get a sense of how they’re weathering the storm.
Mary Beth Halprin, vice president of public relations and corporate affairs at Volvo Group North America, notes that over the summer, the pandemic affected the production schedules of its Volvo Trucks manufacturing operations in Dublin, Va., as well as the group’s powertrain manufacturing facility in Hagerstown, Md.