General Motors will stop making most of its full-size trucks for a week as the auto industry struggles with a global computer chip shortage
Large pickups and SUVs are automakers' best-selling and most profitable vehicles. GM and other automakers have tried to keep making them, shifting their supply of available chips away from less popular vehicles.But as the Delta variant takes hold across the globe, shutdowns and restrictions are coming back, throwing the supply chain into more chaos.
Flint builds the heavy-duty versions of the Silverado and Sierra pickups, while Silao builds the Silverado 1500 Cheyenne for the Mexican market as well as the Sierra 1500.The Covid-19 suppy chain issues are not limited to GM or to computer chips. Reuters reported that Toyota had to shut three plants in Thailand as well as a plant in Japan because of supply chain issues caused by the pandemic. Honda also will shut production at its main plant in Japan, Reuters reported.
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