GM extends North America production cuts due to chip shortage

(Reuters) -General Motors Co is extending production cuts at a few of its North America factories due to a chip shortage that has roiled the worldwide automotive business, the U.S. carmaker mentioned on Thursday.

The transfer’s influence has been baked into GM’s prior forecast that the shortage may shave up to $2 billion off this yr’s revenue.

GM’s Lansing Grand River meeting in Michigan will prolong its downtime via the week of April 26.

The plant makes Chevrolet Camaro sports activities automotive and Cadillac CT4 and CT5 sedans. It has been out of motion since March 15.

GM’s Spring Hill meeting in Tennessee will take downtime, beginning the week of April 12 for 2 weeks. The plant makes the Cadillac XT5 compact sport utility car, and Cadillac XT6 and GMC Acadia mid-size SUVs.

The firm mentioned it has not taken downtime or decreased shifts at any of its extra worthwhile full-size truck or full-size SUV vegetation due to the shortage.

The information was first reported by CNBC.

Following are GM’s meeting vegetation impacted by the semiconductor shortage as of April 8:

CAMI Assembly in Builds the Down since Feb. 8

Ingersoll, Ontario Chevrolet via the week

Equinox of May 10

Fairfax Assembly in Builds the Down since Feb. 8

Kansas Chevrolet via the week

Malibu and of May 10

Cadillac XT4

Lansing Grand River Builds the Down since March

Assembly in Chevrolet 15 via the

Michigan Camaro and week of April 26

Cadillac CT4

and CT5

Spring Hill in Builds the Down the weeks of

Tennessee Cadillac XT5, April 12 and April

Cadillac XT6 19

and GMC Acadia

Lansing Delta Builds the Down the week of

Township Chevrolet April 19

Traverse and

Buick Enclave

Ramos in Mexico Builds the Chevrolet Blazer

Chevrolet production down

Blazer the week of April

19. Production of

the Chevrolet

Equinox not

impacted at Ramos

Gravatai in Brazil Builds the Taking downtime

Chevrolet Onix for the months of

April and May

Bupyeong 2 Assembly Builds the Operating at half

in Korea Chevrolet Trax, capability since

Chevrolet Feb. 8

Malibu and

Buick Encore