General Motors will idle plants starting Monday for two weeks due to COVID-19 affecting the production of semiconductor chips
General Motors will idle nearly all its assembly plants in North America starting Monday as the COVID-19 pandemic affects production of semiconductor chips overseas. GM said its Arlington Assembly in Texas, where it makes its highly profitable full-size SUVs, will run regular production next week, along with Flint Assembly, where it makes its heavy-duty pickups, Bowling Green Assembly in Kentucky, where it makes its Corvette, and a portion of Lansing Grand River Assembly, where it will make some Chevrolet Camaro and Cadillac Blackwing cars. But all other assembly plants in North America will idle starting 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, referring to that plant’s shutdown over Chevy Bolt recall issues. The industry already has been experiencing a global shortage of the chips, used in a variety of car parts, since early this year.
