SMU Webinar: When Will Auto Production Resume?

Automakers are facing numerous challenges as they prepare to reopen manufacturing impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Already facing lower sales this year, the pandemic has shut down vehicle production and dealer sales, disrupted supply chains and drained finances for U.S. vehicle manufacturers, with troubling implications for their steel suppliers.

Bernard Swiecki, senior automotive analyst at the Center for Automotive Research and featured speaker during SMU’s Community Chat on Wednesday, said previous forecasts for 2020 auto sales are “out the window” as we look at a “whole new reality.”