General Motors will stop production at practically the entirety of its gathering destinations all through North America because of the semiconductor deficiency.
Beginning Monday, GM will stop production at its Fort Wayne and Silao Assembly plants for a week and hopes to restart ordinary production on September 13. Additionally, the Wentzville Assembly site that handles production of the Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, Chevrolet Express, and GMC Savana will be disconnected for about fourteen days from Monday.
Additionally, the CAMI Assembly plant in Canada and San Luis Potosi destinations will not run until September 27. GM has additionally added fourteen days of additional vacation beginning Monday for its Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant. The Spring Hill Assembly site in Tennessee and Ramos Assembly site in Mexico will both require two extra long stretches of vacation. The Chevrolet Equinox is worked at the Ramos plant and production of it halted on August 16 and will not restart until October 4.
General Motors will proceed with ordinary production at its Arlington Assembly site in Texas. Full production at its Flint Assembly and Bowling Green Assembly plants will likewise proceed while a piece of the Lansing Green River Assembly site will keep on working.
“All the announcements we made today are related to the chips shortage, the only plant down that’s not related to that, is Orion Assembly,” GM spokesman Dan Flores told the Detroit Free Press. “COVID is driving supply constraints in countries that produce semiconductor chips. But I can’t say if it’s because employees have a high rate of infection or if it’s the government putting restrictions on plants due to the pandemic.”
Flores added that while production will be stopped at the Fort Wayne Assembly and Silao Assembly destinations, some action will in any case happen at the locales. For instance, GM will fix and transport incomplete vehicles in a bid to satisfy seller need for new vehicles.
