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General Motors (GM) informed that it will have to stop the production of pickup trucks again starting next Monday in two assembly plants in the United States and one from Mexico due to the shortage of microprocessors and that it will not be able to restart the activity until 16 August.
The measure affects the Flint and Ft. Wayne assembly plants, both in the United States. .UU., And Silao, in Mexico, where the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra models are produced, two of the company’s most popular and profitable vehicles. In addition, GM has been forced to extend the stoppages at other plants as well due to chip shortages.
The Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant , in the US and which produces the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave SUVs, will be idle for an additional week. The plant stopped producing last 19 July.
Meanwhile, the plants in San Luis Potosí (Mexico) and Ingersoll (Canada), which also had to stop production on 19 of July, they will extend their stoppages by two weeks and they are not expected to return to full activity until September 6.
The Mexican plant produces the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain SUV models while the Canadian plant produces the Chevrolet Equinox.
GM will be able to restart production on Monday at the Spring Hill (USA) and Ramos assembly plants Arizpe (México) who have been unemployed since 19 July.
The former produces the Cadillac XT5, XT6 and GMC Acadia luxury SUV SUVs, while the latter produces the Chevrolet Blazers and Equinox.
“The global shortage of semiconductors remains complex.” Recent “scheduling adjustments have been triggered by temporary parts shortages caused by constraints in semiconductor supply in international markets,” GM said in a statement.
The company added that the production stoppages will allow “the completion of an unfinished vehicle at the affected assembly plants to be shipped to dealers.”
With information from Efe.
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