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New crisis in the auto industry, there are not enough drivers

The car company, Stellantis, is looking for truck drivers among their employees to end the car delivery problem.

Stellantis sent emails to employees and put up posters in some of his factories trying to convince workers to get behind the wheel of a truck. About 140 employees have already registered.

Stellantis pays the expenses to any worker who will get a driver's license for a truck, writes Bloomberg.

A shortage of truck drivers left thousands of vehicles stranded at Stellantis' plant in Sochaux, France, late last year, forcing the company to park many of them at an abandoned airport a few kilometers from the plant.

Meanwhile, Renault is trying to do the same, which has started the process of training some of its employees in the Adecco Group company.

Volkswagen is also affected by this problem. For this reason, the largest European car manufacturer is unable to deliver ready-made vehicles to customers.

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The war in Ukraine has exacerbated logistical problems that began with the COVID-19 pandemic and continued with chip shortages.

All this has slowed down the production or in the last case the delivery of vehicles to customers.