General Motors is shutting down its pickup truck factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for two weeks in April because the company has run short of computer chips, according to an Associated Press report picked up in multiple newspapers.
The auto industry continues to face supply chain issues more than a year after a global chip shortage first emerged in late 2020. Chip supplies have improved during the first three months of this year compared with 2021, GM said, improving production and deliveries in the first quarter. But there’s still uncertainty in getting supplies from chip manufacturers.
The Fort Wayne plant will be closed the weeks of April 4 and 11. It has been running on three shifts per day making Chevrolet Silverados and GMC Sierra light-duty pickups.
All of GM’s North American assembly plants have been running on at least one shift since Nov. 1 of last year, the company said.
Throughout the chip shortage, GM has sent most of the semiconductors it gets to pickup truck and large SUV factories.
Source: Associated Press
