Volkswagen Chattanooga production was temporarily interrupted for the second time in two weeks, with the latest incident involving a global information technology issue, a spokesperson said Thursday.
Certain shifts Wednesday were affected, Chris Guin, a communications specialist at the 5,000-worker plant, said in an email.
"Production at Volkswagen Chattanooga was impacted due to a global IT malfunction," he said. "The Volkswagen IT infrastructure problems were resolved overnight, and production has resumed according to plan."
German media reported the incident temporarily halted large parts of the automaker's IT and production systems at locations around the globe, according to the daily business newspaper Handelsblatt.
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A VW spokesperson confirmed the disruption, describing it as an "IT disruption of network components at the Wolfsburg, (Germany), location."
Handelsblatt, citing VW officials, said "an attack from outside is currently unlikely."
Last week, Volkswagen Chattanooga canceled second and third shifts Friday and Saturday as the factory dealt with supply chain issues, an official said.
"COVID restrictions hindered the manufacture of auto parts globally, and the supply chain has not yet fully recovered," a plant spokesperson said in an email. "That, coupled with high demand for vehicles right now, has continued to cause supply chain disruptions."
Normal production was to have resumed Monday.
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That interruption was not connected to the United Auto Workers strike against some Ford, General Motors and Stellantis facilities, according to VW.
Workers at the VW plant twice defeated UAW attempts to organize the facility in the past.
In May, Volkswagen Chattanooga unveiled plans to hire more than 500 additional workers.
"There's high demand for all of the cars. All three vehicles are doing well," said Burkhard Ulrich, VW Chattanooga's senior vice president for human resources, in an online interview.
The plant builds the electric ID.4 SUV along with the conventionally powered Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs.
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