The world’s largest maker of electric car batteries said its largest plant in China is operating a factory bubble to comply with the country’s zero-tolerance restrictions on swine flu.
Yibin’s factory has imposed a closed-loop system. This system will allow it to operate in an orderly manner. It will be complying with measures to contain the spread of Covid. One of the most important markets for the company in China.
To follow China’s strict Covid Zero policy, the plant in southern Sichuan province has imposed many restrictions on the virus. 21 million residents of the provincial capital of Chengdu were locked up for more than a week due to a Covid outbreak.
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, circuits used were closed. The closer was to keep athletes and support staff separate from the rest of the population. Workers are usually required to live on-site and are regularly tested.
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The systems were heavily used during the city’s two-month shutdown, with staff sleeping in the factory to maintain production.
Closed circuits have been imposed on factories by companies like Apple Inc.
If electricity shortages continued, manufacturing in the province would be disrupted, and companies like SAIC Motor Corp. would tell government officials that their operations could be affected.
The Yibin factory is the largest of its kind for the production of EV batteries. Doubling what the plant is currently spending.
China is trying to keep Covid out, while other countries are trying to keep it out. This year has seen large cities shut down or disrupted, dragging down the world’s second-largest economy and a key driver of global growth.
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