General Motors to temporarily halt production at nearly all US assembly plants due to pandemic-related chip shortage overseas
Weakness in semiconductor supply chains is affecting everything from automobile to consumer electronics manufacturing. as the COVID-19 pandemic affects production of semiconductor chips overseas.
Automakers have had to either temporarily idle production or build vehicles just shy of all the parts to await chip parts to finish production and ship the vehicles to showrooms. New car inventory has remained tight and prices high."COVID is driving supply constraints in countries that produce semiconductor chips," Flores said.
Fort Wayne and Silao Assembly plants to take a week of downtime starting Monday. GM expects to restart regular production on Sept. 13. Lansing Delta Township Assembly in Michigan adds two weeks of downtime starting Monday. GM expects to resume production there the week of Sept. 20. GM makes the Chevrolet Traverse and the Buick Enclave midsize SUVs at Lansing Delta Township.
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