All because one key component is lacking.
This was bound to happen eventually to another major General Motors production facility and now it has. GM has confirmed to Automotive News its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan will be idled beginning this Monday through the end of this month, if not longer. The reason? A lack of semiconductor chips, a crisis that continues to plague the auto industry at large, with the exception of Toyota.
Like other affected automakers, GM is using its existing semiconductor chip supply for highly profitable and extremely popular vehicles, mainly trucks and SUVs. Slow sellers and some newer models are being sacrificed instead, including the Chevy Camaro, Malibu, Cadillac CT4 and CT5, all of which are built at Lansing Grand River.
Usually if you re at a party and they run out of chips it no biggie. Beer? Yeah, you might have a problem. But running out of chips has never stopped the festivities. You just jump in your ride, head to QD, grab some Better Made, maybe some chip dip, get back to the house, and we keep the party going.
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This is not that kind of party, not those kind of chips, and we re talking about stopping production of the ride you d be jumping in to head to the store.
The chips we re speaking of here are semiconductor chips for your car. How important are they to your ride ?
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