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The Solihull facility that builds the Range Rover and Jaguar F-Pace will remain in operation, as will the Land Rover Defender factory in Slovakia and JLR plants in Brazil and China.
A spokesman for the brand told Autocar: Like other automotive manufacturers, we re currently experiencing some Covid-19 [related] supply-chain disruption, including the global availability of semiconductors, which is having an impact on our production schedules and our ability to meet global demand for some of our vehicles. As a result, we ve adjusted production schedules for certain vehicles, which means that our Castle Bromwich and Halewood manufacturing plants will be operating a limited period of non-production from Monday 26 April. Manufacturing continues at our Solihull plant.
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The Solihull facility that builds the Range Rover and Jaguar F-Pace will remain in operation, as will the Land Rover Defender factory in Slovakia and JLR plants in Brazil and China.
A spokesman for the brand told Autocar: Like other automotive manufacturers, we re currently experiencing some Covid-19 [related] supply-chain disruption, including the global availability of semiconductors, which is having an impact on our production schedules and our ability to meet global demand for some of our vehicles. As a result, we ve adjusted production schedules for certain vehicles, which means that our Castle Bromwich and Halewood manufacturing plants will be operating a limited period of non-production from Monday 26 April. Manufacturing continues at our Solihull plant.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced it will temporarily suspend production at two of its major production facilities as a semiconductor shortage continues to cripple automakers around the globe.
JLR issued a statement saying that two of its major production lines would be closed for a “limited period” starting this week, which impacts its Halewood and Castle Bromwich factories. The company, owned by Indian multinational Tata, said:
“We have adjusted production schedules for certain vehicles which means that our Castle Bromwich and Halewood manufacturing plans will be operating a limited period of non-production from Monday 26th April. We are working closely with affected suppliers to resolve the issues and minimise the impact on our customer orders wherever possible.”
Chevrolet
Over 10,000 workers will have some sort of extended break at a long list of GM plants. Three plants Spring Hill, Tennessee (which assembles the Cadillac XT5 and XT6 and the GMC Acadia), Delta Township, Michigan (Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse), and Ramos Arizpe in Mexico (Chevrolet Blazer and Equinox) will shut down for one or two weeks. Three other plants Lansing, Michigan (Cadillac CT4 and CT5, Chevrolet Camaro), Kansas City (Cadillac XT4, Chevrolet Malibu), and Ingersoll, Ontario (Equinox), will have their current shutdowns extended. Ford F-150, Explorer, Mustang; Lincoln Aviator, Nautilus Ford
Ford has already been cutting back on production of the popular F-150 and Explorer, but the automaker said this week that it will keep production rates down at some plants for an extra week or two. Ford plants in Chicago, Flat Rock, and Kansas City will continue to be idle until after the week of May 10. These plants, and others, have been idled since mid-April, and