[Auto] GM suspends truck production in Missouri due to lack of chips

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The Missouri plant, which employs 3,861 people, produces GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado pickup trucks as well as Chevy Express and GMC Savana vans. GM informed its employees that van production will not be affected by the chip shortage.

 

GM's announcement comes just hours after Honda announced that it will extend the suspension of some of its North American production plants due to a lack of microprocessors and other supply problems, local media reported.

 

The suspension of Wentzville pickup truck production will begin on March 29 and will last at least two weeks. Meanwhile, the Lansing assembly plant in Michigan, which stopped producing vehicles on March 15 due to a shortage of chips, will maintain the hiatus for another two weeks.

 

Lansing produces high-end automobiles, such as the Chevrolet Camaro and the Cadillac CT4 and CT5.

 

GM also announced that it will advance by two weeks a stoppage that was planned in Wentzville and that will now take place between May 24 and July 19.

 

GM, America's leading automaker, has been suspending or reducing production at its factories for months in the face of chip shortages affecting the entire auto industry.

 

Since February, GM has suspended or reduced production at plants in the US, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea and Canada.

The company is prioritizing the production of the most profitable vehicles, such as pickup trucks and large SUVs.

 

This Wednesday GM reaffirmed this policy by stating in a statement that it "continues to take advantage of available semiconductors to produce and market our most po[CENSORED]r and demanded products, including large SUVs and trucks."

 

The company has already warned that the problems caused by the lack of processors could cut its profits this year by 2 billion dollars, an amount that will increase if the situation persists.