Vehicles come off the meeting line at GM’s Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup truck plant in Citadel Wayne, Indiana, July 25, 2018.
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DETROIT – Common Motors will halt pickup truck manufacturing at a manufacturing unit in Indiana for 2 weeks subsequent month because of an ongoing scarcity of semiconductor chips that has wreaked havoc at the international automobile trade for greater than a yr.
The availability of chips, which might be vital portions for brand spanking new cars, used to be anticipated to step by step strengthen for automakers right through this yr, however different issues within the provide chain, together with Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, have clouded such expectancies.
GM President Mark Reuss just lately informed CNBC that chip provides have been “getting somewhat higher” however the disaster used to be now not over. “We aren’t via this,” he stated remaining week. “We are doing the most productive we will be able to.”
GM’s Citadel Citadel Wayne, Ind. plant can be down the weeks of April 4 and April 11, the corporate introduced Friday. The ability produces extremely winning Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup vehicles.
Automakers were prioritizing chips each time conceivable for his or her maximum high-demand and winning cars. Particularly, pickup vehicles and big SUVs for the Detroit automakers.
“Total, we’ve observed higher consistency in semiconductor provide throughout the first quarter in comparison to remaining yr as a complete. This has translated into growth in our manufacturing and deliveries throughout the primary 3 months of the yr,” GM stated in a remark Friday. “On the other hand, there may be nonetheless uncertainty and unpredictability within the semiconductor provide base, and we’re actively running with our providers to mitigate possible problems transferring ahead.”
GM additionally produces Silverado and Sierra pickups at crops in Mexico and Canada. It produces better heavy-duty variations in Flint, Mich.
