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TOKYO (Reuters) -Mitsubishi Motors Corp will prolong a suspension of its manufacturing in China past Might, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday, highlighting struggles the Japanese automobile maker faces on the planet’s largest auto market.
Mitsubishi Motors (OTC:) is discussing when to renew manufacturing in China with its native companion, an organization spokesperson mentioned, including that there was nothing he might say concerning the timing.
The Japanese firm mentioned final month it had halted manufacturing of its Outlander sport utility car (SUV) in China for 3 months till end-Might and would take a $78 million cost for slowing gross sales at its three way partnership with state-owned GAC Group.
SUVs signify the biggest portion of the electrical car market in China, the place worth cuts and the rollout of recent fashions of native and international manufacturers have cannibalised gross sales of gasoline-powered automobiles.
Mitsubishi Motors, which arrange its China unit in 2012, has not determined when to restart manufacturing within the nation, Yomiuri mentioned, citing a number of unnamed sources.
The corporate and different Japanese automakers have confronted a gross sales disaster in China as a speedy shift to electrical automobiles has led to a hunch in purchases of inner combustion engine automobiles. Mitsubishi Motors had launched the brand new Outlander mannequin in China final December.
