After weeks of inactivity caused by the coronavirus crisis, carmakers are potentially hostage to a halting series of restarts, according to Matteo Fini, executive director, automotive supply chain and technology, at market analyst IHS Markit. 

While carmakers, such as VW Group, including Seat, Daimler and Ford have partially resumed production, with the latter confirming it is operating at 70% capacity, South Korean carmaker Kia had to halt its assembly lines in Slovakia two weeks after reopening them because of an anticipated interruption to parts supply…