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GM To Pause Production At Lansing Grand River Plant Over Chip Shortage
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The Chevy Equinox and Chevy Malibu are taking the brunt of the impact of the global semiconductor shortage at General Motors, with the production output of both vehicles significantly reduced in recent months.
Chevrolet Equinox
According to data obtained by Automotive News, the Chevy Equinox and Chevy Malibu account for roughly half of the production that GM has lost out on due to the chip shortage so far.
A report published earlier this month indicated GM has missed the production of around 79,600 vehicles in North America over the chip shortage to date, including 17,000 examples of the Chevy Equinox crossover from the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. It has also missed production of a combined 24,100 examples of the Chevy Malibu and Cadillac XT4 from the GM Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas to date, along 12,700 vehicles in total from the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant, which builds the Chevy Camaro and Cadillac CT4 and CT5.
In late January, retired General Motors employee Joseph Jones bought a 2021 GMC Sierra full-size pickup after having driven his 2004 Sierra for 17 years.
Jones, 68, tracked the production of the new light-duty pickup in cherry red from his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He saw that it was built on Feb. 15 at GM s Silao Assembly Plant in Mexico, so he eagerly awaited its arrival any day.
But as of May 5, Jones pickup remained in Mexico, parked alongside thousands of other GM pickups built shy of the final parts needed to complete them because of a global semiconductor chip shortage. I am getting more aggravated by the day, Jones said. The customers are stuck in the middle and I would love better communication through General Motors. I know everybody has been in the same situation, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Nissan . everybody has been held hostage by the shortage of this chip.”