General Motors Corporation The company said that due to the continuing shortage of semiconductor chips, this month will reduce the output of most North American assembly plants, thereby hitting its profitable trucks and sport utility vehicles.
Thursday.
The largest US automaker will stop production at its Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Silao, Mexico plant next week, both of which produce pickup trucks. In general, General Motors will cut the output of eight North American assembly plants in September.
Chip shortages across the industry are leading to large-scale car production cuts across the world.
Earlier this week, Ford Motor Company Said that due to chip shortages, truck production will be cut next week, and at the same time Toyota Motor Corporation It was stated last month that it would cut global production in September by 40% from the previous plan.
GM will suspend production for two weeks at its Windsville, Missouri plant, which produces mid-size trucks and full-size vans, starting on September 6. GM will also suspend production for another two weeks at the CAMI Conference in Canada and the San Luis Potosí Conference in Mexico. The company produces Equinox SUVs at these two plants.
The automaker will also suspend production at the Lansing Delta Township plant that produces the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave for another two weeks.
GM’s Spring Hill plant in Tennessee will cut production for two weeks in September for the production of GMC Acadia, Cadillac XT5 and Cadillac XT6, while its Ramos plant in Mexico will suspend production for an additional two weeks to produce Blazer, while Equinox’s Production will take place throughout the week of September 27.
Since August 16, Equinox’s output has been declining.
General Motors said that during the shutdown, it will repair and deliver many unfinished vehicles from the affected plants, including Fort Wayne and Silao.
Due to the shortage of semiconductors caused by car shortages, Canadian car sales continued to struggle last month, down 11.4% from the previous year.
According to estimates compiled by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, Canadian light vehicle sales in August totaled 146,925 units, compared with 165,837 units in the same period last year.
Sales are also down 19.2% from the 182,040 vehicles before COVID-19 in August 2019.
Managing partner Andrew King said that seasonally adjusted annual sales of 1.62 million were the second-lowest month of the year.
He said that the impact of car shortages on each company is different. Some companies have increased their sales while others have experienced a sharp decline after being severely hit by supply chain shortages.
However, DesRosiers said that company-level data is released quarterly.
Early transcript of the industry: “There is a lot of hope, but it has failed to realize its potential.”
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