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Peugeot restarts car production with Dongfeng in virus-hit Wuhan

25 March 2020 - 19:12 By Reuters
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A worker polishes painted vehicles in the paint shop of a plant operated by Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroen Automobile Ltd., the joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corp. and PSA Peugeot Citroen, in Wuhan, China.
A worker polishes painted vehicles in the paint shop of a plant operated by Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroen Automobile Ltd., the joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corp. and PSA Peugeot Citroen, in Wuhan, China.
Image: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

French car maker Peugeot SA's joint venture in China with Dongfeng Motor Group said on Wednesday it had restarted car production at its plant in Wuhan city, the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak.

The joint venture is also making cars from two other manufacturing bases in Chengdu and Xiangyang.

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