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General Motors will extend production downtime at its CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario and Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas due to the semi-conductor chip shortage.
Executive vice president and president for GM North America, Steve Carlisle, sent a letter to dealers this week informing them of the extended plant shutdowns. The CAMI Assembly plant, which builds the Chevy Equinox crossover, will be idled until the week of May 10
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Additionally, the GM Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas, which builds the Chevy Malibu sedan and Cadillac XT4 luxury crossover, and will also be shut down through to the week of May 10
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General Motors announced Thursday that it will halt production at several of its North American factories and extend shutdowns at others as a result of a protracted shortage of semiconductor chips that s affecting manufacturing worldwide, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The automaker said three plants that were previously unaffected by the chip shortage will now be idled or have their output reduced for one or two weeks. These include a factory in Tennessee and one in Michigan that make popular midsize sport-utility vehicles such as the Chevrolet Traverse SUV, and the Cadillac XT5 and XT6 SUVs. GM will also extend closures of a Kansas City-area factory and a plant in Ontario until May 10.