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Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes Benz, is at risk of shutting down its U.S. SUV () plant due to a shortage of parts from Europe, Bloomberg reported. Michael Goebel, CEO of Daimler's Alabama plant, said the company had stopped working overtime at one part of the Alabama assembly plant and changed the overtime at the other part to six hours. Novel coronavirus group has decided to suspend production in most of Europe's production and some administrative departments. Goebel has suspended production for two weeks this week to contain the spread of the new coronavirus epidemic. The temporary shutdown is applicable to Daimler's automobile, truck and commercial vehicle plants in Europe, and will resume full operation after the improvement. "I expect a similar impact in mbusi in the coming weeks," says Mr gobel, referring to Mercedes Benz America International. "Part of our supply base purchases parts from Daimler's operations in Germany and across Europe," Goebel wrote in a letter to employees. It is not clear how the supply chain will be affected, but it is foreseeable that in the near future, it will be difficult for us to obtain the required parts. " A Daimler spokesman confirmed the authenticity of the letter. The company has about 3800 employees at the Alabama assembly plant, mainly producing Mercedes Benz gle and GLS SUV models, but from European engines and.