- General Motors said Thursday it’s adding or extending downtimes at eight plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
- Impacted vehicles include GM’s full-size and midsize pickup trucks, Chevrolet Blazer, GMC Terrain, among others.
DETROIT – General Motors is once again significantly cutting production at its North American plants due to the semiconductor chip shortage, signaling the global parts problem remains a serious issue for the automotive industry. The automaker said Thursday it’s adding or extending downtimes at eight plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Most of the new cuts are for two weeks, while production of its Silverado 1500 and Sierra 1500 full-size pickups in Indiana and Mexico is expected to resume after a week of downtime starting Sept. 13. Other vehicles impacted by the new production cuts range from its Chevrolet and GMC midsize pickups and vans in Missouri to the Chevrolet Trailblazer in Mexico and crossover production across North America. “Although the situation remains complex and very fluid, we remain confident in our team’s ability to continue finding creative solutions to minimize the impact on our highest-demand and capacity-constrained vehicles,” the company said in a statement Thursday. The chip shortage has quickly grown from what many executives expected to be a short-term problem during the first half of the year to one that some anticipate will linger well into 2022. GM last month said it expected production to be down by about 100,000 vehicles in North America during the second half of the year compared with the first six months. The company does not release production data, but it sold about 1.3 million vehicles during the first half of the year in North America.
Ford cuts F-150 pickup production again due to chip shortage
- Ford is once again cutting production of its F-150 pickup truck and other highly profitable vehicles due to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips.
- The automaker informed employees Wednesday of the cuts, which also impact production of its larger Super Duty pickups and Expedition SUV.
DETROIT – Ford Motor is once again cutting production of its F-150 pickup truck and other highly profitable vehicles due to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips. The automaker informed employees Wednesday of the cuts, which also impact production of its larger Super Duty pickups and Expedition SUV. “Our teams are making the most of our available semiconductor allocation, finding unique solutions to provide as many high-quality vehicles as possible to our dealers and customers,” Ford vice president of manufacturing and labor affairs John Savona said in an internal memo to employees
Most notably, the new production cuts include extending downtime at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly plant for the F-150 through the week of Sept. 6. Pickup truck production there has been down since last week due to the parts shortage. Ford’s other U.S. plant that produces the F-150 also will only run on one of three shifts next week – the same amount as this week for the Michigan plant. Ford’s Kentucky Truck plant, which builds Super Duty pickups alongside Expedition and Navigator SUVs, will also cut a shift the weeks of Sept. 6 and Sept. 13. A Ford spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday the cuts that were outlined in the memo to employees. Nick Note: Like i have been telling you no need for lockdowns, vaccinations or riots over mask mandates. The Delta variants does not care about millennial’s tizzie fits. See shutdowns do the same things as lockdowns without the hyper blow. When they can’t breath they will forget the fact their favorite disco is closed…….