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Ford and Stellantis were the two big names this week as the total number of vehicles dropped from production due to the semiconductor shortages were tallied. General Motors was a distant third.
Stellantis will reduce shifts through the end of May at its Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit; Ford extended shutdowns for two additional weeks in Chicago, Flat Rock, Michigan, and Kansas City, Missouri; Subaru’s Indiana plant is down from April 19-30. Volkswagen has experienced a production loss of 100,000 vehicles globally as a result of the chip shortage, and the automaker said it will not be able to make up for the loss in 2021. IHS Markit estimates up to 3% of medium and heavy commercial vehicle production in certain regions could be impacted by the semicon...
Microchip shortage hits Jeep Grand Cherokee production in Detroit Employees in Detroit producing Jeep's most popular vehicle are facing temporary layoffs resulting from the global semiconductor shortage that's expected to last for months, the company confirmed Thursday. Jefferson North Assembly Plant produces the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs. The plant typically operates on 10-hour shifts with three crews six days a week. Starting Monday, only one crew will work for three weeks, and then it will be laid off while the other two crews work for the next three weeks, according to a...
There is a future for Chrysler among the 13 other brands of Stellantis NV because it is a "pillar" of the transatlantic automaker, CEO Carlos Tavares said during his first visit to North America since creation of the new company. Jeep SUVs and Ram pickups may drive profits in North America, but Chrysler sits alongside Fiat and Peugeot as hallmarks of the American, Italian and French heritage of Stellantis created last month from the merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Groupe PSA. Experts, dealers and workers have questioned what the future of Chrysler will be within the new co...
soldiers currently and formerly serving on the front lines in afghanistan were risking their lives while fearing for their job as part of the pentagon plan to reduce the size of the army. these decisions were even delivered to officers while deployed, effectively firing them while in harm's way. >> it puts the soldier, the soldier's family and the soldier's under his command at risk. it creates an environment, if you will, inside of a unit where young officers look at each other and ask themselves, whose next. >> reporter: take this army captain. went to afghanistan. survived. came h...