Chicago Assembly Plant; and the Transit van side of
Kansas City Assembly in Missouri; the automaker will also reduce output at its Ohio Assembly plant. Ford’s
Dearborn Truck Plant produces the
highly profitable F-150 pickup truck.
GM will roll out a new navigation system, Maps+, beginning April 30 through over-the-air updates available on approximately 900,000 vehicles as an upgrade from GM’s OnStar navigation product. Maps+ will have Alexa Built-in1 voice control. The automaker first announced in 2019 that it would partner with Amazon to make the Alexa voice assistant available for download in select 2018 model year vehicles.
Connected/Autonomous Vehicles and Mobility Services
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GM halts full-size pickup production in Fort Wayne, Flint because of parts shortage
Jamie L. LaReau | Detroit Free Press (TNS)
For the first time this year General Motors will halt production of its full-size pickups at two U.S. plants.
GM said it is canceling overtime shifts this weekend at Flint Assembly and Fort Wayne Assembly in Indiana due to a parts shortage.
Also, there will be no summer shutdown this year at the majority of GM s U.S. plants.
The automaker said it will run the majority of its car assembly plants in North America through the traditional two-week summer shutdown for the second year in a row.
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Semiconductor shortage continues to roil global auto industry, fueling geopolitical tensions
An ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips is continuing to reverberate throughout the global economy, particularly impacting the auto industry and disrupting production at virtually every major automaker in recent months.
General Motors and Ford Motor Company both announced new temporary plant shutdowns on Thursday. GM is halting production at six of its North American factories, including the Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee, the Lansing Delta Township and Lansing Grand River plants in Michigan, and the Ramos Arizpe Assembly plant in Mexico. In addition, previously announced shutdowns at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas and the CAMI Ingersoll plant in Ontario, Canada, will both be extended until at least May 10.