A winter storm in the United States and Mexico is wreaking havoc on many car manufacturing plants.
Ford has confirmed the storm forced it to halt production at the Ohio Assembly truck and van plant in Avon Lake as well as the Hermosillo Assembly Plant in Mexico that builds the Ford Fusion and various Lincoln models. The automaker has also canceled production at the Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri, where the F-150 and Transit are made, until February 22 to reduce natural gas consumption.
Ford will run second shifts at its Chicago Assembly Plant, Dearborn Truck Plant, and Oakville Assembly Complex.
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General Motors isn’t having things any easier. Speaking with The Detroit News, company spokesman Dan Flores confirmed GM has canceled first-shift production at its plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee that builds the Cadillac XT5, XT6 and GMC Acadia. It has also canceled first-shift production at its Fort Wayne, Indiana site, the Bowling Green, Kentucky plant and its large SUV plant in Arlington, Texas. Second-shift production was also canceled at the Fort Wayne and Arlington sites.
Meanwhile, Stellantis is also feeling the pinch and canceled the day shift at its Toledo Assembly Plant where the Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator are built due to local travel advisories. Production of the second shift at the site resumed on Tuesday.
The winter storm has come at a particularly bad time for local car manufacturers that had to cut production at various plants across North America due to the ongoing global semiconductor shortage.
