GM will idle the plant, which produces Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, the weeks of April 4 and April 11, the company said Friday.
General Motors will halt pickup truck production at a factory in Indiana during the weeks of April 4 and April 11 due to an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips.Trucks come off the assembly line at GM's Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup truck plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 25, 2018.
The supply of chips, which are critical parts for new vehicles, was expected to gradually improve for automakers throughout this year, but other problems in the supply chain, includingGM President Mark Reuss recently told CNBC that chip supplies were "getting a little better" but the crisis was not over. "We're not through this," he said last week. "We're doing the best we can.
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