General Motors’ Lansing Grand River Assembly plant has been forced to put production on pause as a result of a parts shortage.
The plant is just the latest to suffer from a global semiconductor chip shortage that is affecting most automakers and a number of industries.
“We continue to work closely with our supply base to find solutions for our suppliers’ semiconductor requirements and to mitigate impact on GM,” a spokesperson told The Detroit News. “Our intent is to make up as much production lost at these plants as possible.”
The plant, located in Lansing, Michigan about 90 miles west of Detroit, produces the Chevrolet Camaro, the Cadillac CT4, and the Cadillac CT5. It is the sole plant that produces Camaros, as the CT4 and CT5 are also manufactured in China.
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This move is seen by many as a way to protect supply lines for GM’s better-selling crossovers, SUVs, and trucks as much as possible. The automaker has already had to extend downtime at a few plants, like its Fairfax Kansas location, where the Cadillac XT4 and Chevrolet Malibu are produced.
General Motors is just one of many automakers affected by the microchip shortage. Reuters reports that GM production could be down by 216,000 vehicles and Ford said in February that it was expecting production to slow down by as much as 20% as a result of the supply line shortages.
Last week, President Biden announced that he would be seeking $37 billion in funding to significantly increase chip production in the United States.
