Automobile Giants Started Making Their Employees Truck Drivers

The Russian-Ukrainian war that broke out last year affected different sectors while upsetting the lives of many people. One of them was truck drivers. in Europe of truck drivers most of them came from Ukraine. As a result, the number of people in this area has decreased significantly. On the other hand, the logistics problems and chip problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic deeply affected truck drivers.

Now, the news reveals how seriously the automotive industry has been affected by this situation. Roofing company of brands such as Fiat, Citroen, Peugeot, Opel Stellantis and its rival Renaultstarted to turn to its own employees to meet the need for truck drivers.

Stellantis and Renault begin training their employees to become truck drivers

According to Automotive News Europe, Stellantis factory workers getting behind the wheel of trucks He started sending out e-mails and hung posters in factories. In the statement made yesterday, approximately, including Spain, Italy and France, 140 personnel It is stated that he has already signed up for this job. In addition, it was reported that the company paid the training costs for the driver and plans to buy its own trucks.

It was stated that job changes at Stellantis could be temporary or permanent. A company spokesperson stated that when these problems are over, those who want to return to the factory can change their position again.

On the other hand, rival company Renault has made a similar move. According to a company spokesperson, the auto giant is trying to get some of its employees fit to drive trucks and get their driver’s licenses. started training.

Auto giants in Europe could not deliver thousands of vehicles due to truck driver shortage

These moves come in the wake of growing trucker problems. Renault drew attention to logistical problems in a statement made at the end of last year. At the same time, Stellantis stated that there were serious problems in global logistics operations.

Truck driver shortage unable to deliver their cars also caused. For example, last year, thousands of vehicles were stranded at a Stellantis factory in France because of this situation. On the other hand, the German company Volkswagen had to deal with a similar problem and could not deliver their vehicles to its customers.

That’s why companies started to turn to alternative ways to solve the shortage. Let’s add that Sellantis is considering creative avenues other than making its own employees truck drivers. For example, the company is working on a way for dealers to come and pick up the vehicles themselves.