General Motors will shut down three of its full-size pickup truck assembly plants in North America due to the ongoing semiconductor shortage.
With many automotive executives and analysts predicting that the shortage will stretch into 2022, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that GM continues to feel the effects. Auto News reports that it will halt production at its plants in Flint, Michigan, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Silao, Mexico, each for a week starting next week.
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“The global semiconductor shortage remains complex and very fluid,” GM said in a statement. “The recent scheduling adjustments have been driven by temporary parts shortages caused by semiconductor supply constraints from international markets experiencing Covid-19-related restrictions. This period will provide us with the opportunity to complete unfinished vehicles at the impacted assembly plants and ship those units to dealers.”
A host of other General Motors factories across North America have had production paused in recent weeks. In fact, the company’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, and Ramos Arizpe, Mexico plants will only resume production on August 9 after being idled since July 19. In addition, the brand’s Lansing Delta Township plant will have its downtime extend through next week having also been idled since July 19.
In addition, GM has extended downtime at its plants in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and Ingersoll, Canada through the weeks of August 23 and August 30, both of which have been down since July 19 and were initially scheduled to resume production on August 23.
