The trucks leave the assembly line at GM’s Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on July 25, 2018.
John Gress | Reuters
DETROIT – General Motors is again significantly reducing production at its US plants due to the shortage of semiconductor chips, indicating that the global problem of parts remains a serious problem for the industry of the car.
The automaker said Thursday it was adding or extending downtime to eight plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Most of the new cuts are for two weeks, while production is expected to resume production of its full-size Silverado 1500 and Sierra 1500 tablets in Indiana and Mexico after a week of downtime on Sept. 13.
Other vehicles affected by the new production cuts range from their Chevrolet and GMC mid-size pickups and vans in Missouri to the Chevrolet Trailblazer in Mexico and cross-production across North America.
“While the situation remains complex and very fluid, we remain confident in our team’s ability to continue to find creative solutions to minimize the impact on our vehicles with more demand and limited capacity,” the company said Thursday in a statement.