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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 ...

IHS Markitestimates a global production loss of 1.3 million units in Q1 2021 resulting from the ongoing semiconductor shortage, as well as shortages of steel and polypropylene, and transit delays at ports. IHS notes the “ impact on new vehicle sales remains to be seen at this stage, as inventory levels remain healthy enough to meet today's demand.” Due to the semiconductor shortage, production of Ford’s highly profitable F-150 is affected by shutdowns scheduled for Dearborn Truck Plant the weeks of April 5 and April 12, and the truck side of Kansas City Assembly the week of April 5. ...

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.  Key developments IHS Markit predicts a  global production loss of 1.3 million vehicles in Q1 2021 due to supply chain challenges that include shortages of semiconductors, steel and polypropylene. Due to the semiconductor shortage,  F-150. Preliminary estimates for  U.S. new light-vehicle  inventories have declined by 21% industrywide compared to the same period one year ago. potential shift away from the just-in-time pro...

Can the U.S. Military Reach Zero Carbon Emissions? The Biden administration would like to set net zero emissions by 2050 as an across-the-government goal, but any such plan must be done carefully and correctly. It is widely expected that President Biden immediately upon taking office will set a Net Zero Carbon goal for the country. Such a goal has tremendous implications for the economy affecting all operations of the federal government—the nation’s biggest consumer of energy. In 2019, the Department of Defense (DOD) consumed 682 trillion BTUs, which represents 77 percent of federal gover...