Covid

If Shanghai does not resume production, all technology and industrial sectors involved with the Shanghai supply chain will be completely shut down after May, especially the automotive industry, Yu said.

If suppliers in Shanghai and neighboring cities can't find a way to dynamically resume production, then probably all automakers in China will have to halt production by May, said He Xiaopeng.

Nio's supply chain is now slightly recovered and the Hefei plant is gradually resuming production, local media quoted an Nio insider as saying.

Nio's production lines are still running on weekdays, albeit on a limited scale, and the halt is limited to weekends, according to Nomura.

Nio Shanghai provided online service guidance and skills training for service specialists from April 1 to April 3, and conducted 39 live online events since March.

In April, production and sales in China's auto industry continued to face uncertainty, the CPCA said.

Ningde, Fujian province, where CATL is headquartered, has seen new cases of Covid, but the company has ensured that its base in the city is in production.

Tesla's Giga Shanghai has been unable to get parts to keep its production line running since late last month because of a lack of special passes for truck drivers amid Shanghai's lockdown.

William Li is currently in Shanghai and like many others is facing a tight supply of necessities, allegedly trading green onions for salt with someone in a WeChat group.

Nio said the company has also suspended production as Covid caused its supply chain partners to shut down production.