Most GM plants in North America Shutting Down Next Monday
Most GM plants in North America Shutting Down Next MondayGeneral Motors has announced it will idle production at nearly all of its North American assembly plants starting next Monday, this in response to the ongoing global shortage of microchips.
Nearly all really means nearly all. It’s actually quicker to list the facilities that will continue to operate next week. For example, there will be activity at the plants in Arlington, Texas (full-size SUVs), Flint, Michigan (pickups), Bowling Green, Kentucky (Corvettes) and in Lansing, Michigan, where Camaros and Cadillac Blackwings are assembled.
Elsewhere, production will be idled as of Monday.
“All the announcements we made today are related to the chips shortage, the only plant down that's not related to that, is Orion Assembly,” said GM spokesman Dan Flores. In that case, the shutdown is caused by the pausing of production of the Chevrolet Bolt as part of a battery recall (and the fact that the supplier, LG, has yet to find a solution to the problem).
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